2019/20 overall performance

ANNUAL RECYCLING LEAGUE TABLE FOR ENGLAND
The following table contains household waste data derived from WasteDataFlow and Defra’s statistical department for the period covering the financial year 2019/20. The data shows the total household waste recycling, composting and reuse rate for English local authorities from April 2019 to March 2020. Local authorities are listed in overall performance order. Data is sourced from Defra data. Published March 2021.

Notes from Defra: From 2011-12 onwards, 7 local authorities started reporting as Dorset Waste Partnership. These are Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, West Dorset, Purbeck, North Dorset and East Dorset District Councils, Christchurch Borough Council, and Dorset County Council.
From 2015/16 onwards Chiltern District Council jointly reports their waste data with Wycombe District Council.
From 2016/17 onwards, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Councils jointly report their waste.
From 2017/18 6 local authorities started reporting as Somerset Waste Partnership. These are Somerset County Council, Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane and West Somerset.
For 2018/19 Defra stated that Household recycling contains material sent for recycling, composting or reuse by local authorities as well as those collected from household sources by ‘private-voluntary’ organisations.
From 2019-20 there were several mergers and changes to local authorities:
a. Five of the local authorities reporting as the ‘Dorset waste Partnership’: East Dorset District Council, North Dorset District council, Purbeck District Council, West Dorset district council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council merged to become Dorset Council.
b. Christchurch BC, formerly part of the Dorset Waste Partnership, merged with Bournemouth BC and Poole BC, to become Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Council.
c. Suffolk Coastal DC and Waveney DC merged to become West Suffolk Council.
d. Forest Heath DC and St Edmundsbury BC merged to become West Suffolk Council
e. Corby BD and Kettering BC now report together as Corby and Kettering Shared Service.

Key: C – collection authority; U – Unitary authority; D – Disposal authority

Rank	Local Authority 2019/20 financial year	Authority type	RECYCLING RATE Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (Ex NI192)	Collected household waste per person (kg) (Ex BVPI 84a)
1	Three Rivers District Council	C	64.1%	349.5
2	South Oxfordshire District Council	C	64.0%	362.5
3	Vale of White Horse District Council	C	63.3%	335.9
4	East Riding of Yorkshire Council	U	63.3%	499.7
5	St Albans City and District Council	C	63.0%	339.3
6	Surrey Heath Borough Council	C	62.9%	358.2
7	Derbyshire Dales District Council	C	61.9%	379.6
8	Rochford District Council	C	61.3%	366.0
9	North Somerset Council	U	60.6%	453.7
10	East Devon District Council	C	60.5%	302.5
11	Stratford-on-Avon District Council	C	60.5%	443.4
12	South Northamptonshire District Council	C	59.9%	425.6
13	Stroud District Council	C	59.7%	295.1
14	Cotswold District Council	C	59.3%	443.8
15	Tandridge District Council	C	59.1%	371.0
16	South Gloucestershire Council	U	59.1%	403.2
17	Maldon District Council	C	58.9%	355.8
18	Dorset Council	U	58.9%	454.1
19	Guildford Borough Council	C	58.8%	338.2
20	Oxfordshire County Council	D	58.8%	412.0
21	Colchester Borough Council	C	58.7%	286.5
22	Stockport MBC	C	58.5%	339.5
23	West Oxfordshire District Council	C	57.9%	392.1
24	North Hertfordshire District Council	C	57.5%	343.6
25	Trafford MBC	C	56.9%	330.7
26	Devon County Council	D	56.6%	436.4
27	East Cambridgeshire District Council	C	56.5%	355.2
28	Cheshire East	U	56.5%	501.3
29	Rutland County Council	U	56.4%	504.9
30	Cheshire West and Chester	U	56.4%	480.4
31	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	C	56.4%	388.8
32	Milton Keynes Council	U	56.3%	441.2
33	Teignbridge District Council	C	56.3%	361.8
34	Bath and North East Somerset Council	U	56.2%	381.1
35	Huntingdonshire District Council	C	56.0%	380.9
36	Surrey County Council	D	56.0%	424.0
37	Calderdale MBC	U	55.8%	382.6
38	Isle of Wight Council	U	55.5%	440.4
39	Cambridgeshire County Council	D	55.4%	441.5
40	Woking Borough Council	C	55.4%	368.0
41	Cherwell District Council	C	55.1%	409.1
42	Mole Valley District Council	C	54.8%	396.5
43	Shropshire	U	54.6%	489.9
44	Waverley Borough Council	C	54.4%	353.1
45	South Hams District Council	C	54.4%	370.3
46	Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	C	54.3%	353.3
47	Bexley LB	U	54.2%	380.5
48	Ashford Borough Council	C	54.2%	323.6
49	North Lincolnshire Council	U	54.2%	476.2
50	Epping Forest Borough Council	C	54.1%	405.0
51	Torridge District Council	C	54.1%	353.0
52	Buckinghamshire County Council	D	53.9%	407.7
53	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	U	53.9%	437.9
54	Warwick District Council	C	53.8%	367.3
55	West Devon Borough Council	C	53.7%	307.1
56	Essex County Council	D	53.5%	439.1
57	Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	C	53.5%	370.4
58	Daventry District Council	C	53.4%	383.4
59	Horsham District Council	C	53.3%	355.3
60	West Sussex County Council	D	53.1%	435.0
61	Mid Devon District Council	C	53.1%	339.3
62	Somerset Waste Partnership	U	52.9%	451.7
63	Dacorum Borough Council	C	52.8%	349.5
64	Wigan MBC	U	52.8%	403.6
65	Elmbridge Borough Council	C	52.6%	390.0
66	Oxford City Council	C	52.6%	281.0
67	Forest of Dean District Council	C	52.4%	379.4
68	Hertfordshire County Council	D	52.3%	401.3
69	Aylesbury Vale District Council	C	51.8%	310.7
70	Bury MBC	C	51.6%	318.9
71	Tewkesbury Borough Council	C	51.5%	364.3
72	Warwickshire County Council	D	51.1%	440.3
73	Hambleton District Council	C	51.1%	376.9
74	South Staffordshire Council	C	51.0%	395.0
75	Castle Point Borough Council	C	50.9%	345.9
76	Bromley LB	U	50.9%	371.0
77	Cheltenham Borough Council	C	50.9%	422.2
78	Gloucestershire County Council	D	50.6%	442.4
79	High Peak Borough Council	C	50.5%	376.2
80	South Bucks District Council	C	50.5%	327.2
81	Wokingham Council	U	50.3%	408.8
82	Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	C	50.2%	359.4
83	Stafford Borough Council	C	50.2%	400.8
84	East Hertfordshire District Council	C	50.1%	363.0
85	Rochdale MBC	C	49.9%	308.9
86	Rushcliffe Borough Council	C	49.8%	390.7
87	Broadland District Council	C	49.6%	379.5
88	Wealden District Council	C	49.5%	366.3
89	North Devon District Council	C	49.5%	383.9
90	Wycombe District Council	C	49.4%	352.0
91	West Berkshire District Council	U	49.4%	469.8
92	Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils	C	49.3%	360.9
93	Tameside MBC	C	49.3%	302.6
94	Wakefield City MDC	U	49.3%	437.4
95	Croydon LB	U	49.2%	306.4
96	Maidstone Borough Council	C	49.2%	335.6
97	Royal B. of Kingston upon Thames	U	48.6%	337.9
98	Ryedale District Council	C	48.6%	387.9
99	Sutton LB	U	48.5%	352.7
100	Braintree District Council	C	48.4%	387.7
101	Lichfield District Council	C	48.4%	398.6
102	York City Council	U	48.4%	383.4
103	Ealing LB	C	48.3%	244.2
104	Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	U	48.1%	402.0
105	Uttlesford District Council	C	47.9%	344.2
106	Bolton MBC	C	47.9%	305.3
107	North Warwickshire Borough Council	C	47.9%	417.8
108	Northamptonshire County Council	D	47.8%	441.4
109	Staffordshire County Council	D	47.8%	459.5
110	Greater Manchester WDA (MBC)	D	47.7%	402.5
111	Derbyshire County Council	D	47.5%	458.4
112	Warrington Borough Council	U	47.5%	417.9
113	Cumbria County Council	D	47.4%	470.8
114	North Yorkshire County Council	D	47.4%	465.8
115	Harborough District Council	C	47.3%	365.8
116	Dover District Council	C	47.1%	302.5
117	Bristol City Council	U	47.1%	354.8
118	Barnsley MBC	U	47.1%	408.9
119	East Northamptonshire Council	C	47.0%	316.5
120	North East Derbyshire District Council	C	47.0%	398.8
121	Salford City Council MBC	C	47.0%	299.7
122	Telford and Wrekin Council	U	47.0%	473.4
123	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	U	46.8%	417.6
124	West Lancashire Borough Council	C	46.7%	388.6
125	Kent County Council	D	46.7%	422.4
126	Welwyn Hatfield Council	C	46.6%	308.1
127	Chorley Borough Council	C	46.6%	368.3
128	Spelthorne Borough Council	C	46.5%	344.8
129	Fylde Borough Council	C	46.4%	397.4
130	Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	C	46.4%	375.7
131	Doncaster MBC	U	46.4%	431.6
132	North West Leicestershire District Council	C	46.3%	401.0
133	South Ribble Borough Council	C	46.2%	370.1
134	Basildon District Council	C	46.0%	416.4
135	Chelmsford Borough Council	C	46.0%	380.4
136	Medway Borough Council	U	46.0%	435.5
137	Wyre Borough Council	C	45.7%	370.1
138	Lancashire County Council	D	45.7%	439.7
139	Canterbury City Council	C	45.7%	325.1
140	Leicestershire County Council	D	45.5%	436.0
141	Rother District Council	C	45.5%	382.3
142	Rotherham MBC	U	45.4%	389.9
143	Watford Borough Council	C	45.3%	331.2
144	Rugby Borough Council	C	45.3%	364.7
145	South Derbyshire District Council	C	45.2%	392.9
146	East Suffolk Council	C	45.2%	390.7
147	South Lakeland District Council	C	45.0%	427.1
148	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	U	45.0%	425.7
149	Chichester District Council	C	44.9%	365.1
150	Wychavon District Council	C	44.8%	375.7
151	Melton Borough Council	C	44.7%	402.3
152	Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	C	44.5%	357.5
153	Hertsmere Borough Council	C	44.4%	358.4
154	Norfolk County Council	D	44.4%	429.6
155	Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	C	44.3%	301.5
156	Folkestone and Hythe District Council	C	44.2%	327.1
157	North Kesteven District Council	C	44.1%	399.9
158	Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	C	43.9%	389.5
159	Central Bedfordshire	U	43.9%	417.4
160	Lincolnshire County Council	D	43.8%	458.8
161	Runnymede Borough Council	C	43.8%	305.0
162	Cannock Chase Council	C	43.8%	382.0
163	Charnwood Borough Council	C	43.7%	325.8
164	Corby and Kettering Shared Service	C	43.6%	389.7
165	Suffolk County Council	D	43.6%	453.4
166	Richmond upon Thames LB	C	43.6%	375.7
167	East Staffordshire Borough Council	C	43.6%	394.9
168	Worcestershire County Council	D	43.6%	456.7
169	Eden District Council	C	43.5%	388.3
170	Chesterfield Borough Council	C	43.4%	384.8
171	Peterborough City Council	U	43.3%	413.3
172	Wiltshire	U	43.3%	428.9
173	Eastleigh Borough Council	C	43.1%	319.8
174	West Lindsey District Council	C	42.9%	408.4
175	Nottinghamshire County Council	D	42.9%	460.6
176	Leicester City Council	U	42.9%	357.3
177	Mid Sussex District Council	C	42.9%	319.3
178	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	U	42.9%	389.9
179	Mid Suffolk District Council	C	42.8%	357.1
180	Arun District Council	C	42.8%	335.7
181	East Sussex County Council	D	42.8%	429.9
182	Swindon Borough Council	U	42.8%	386.9
183	Bedford	U	42.7%	420.9
184	Gloucester City Council	C	42.7%	348.5
185	Selby District Council	C	42.7%	416.1
186	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	C	42.5%	388.7
187	South Norfolk Council	C	42.5%	364.5
188	Gravesham Borough Council	C	42.5%	301.7
189	Harrogate Borough Council	C	42.4%	328.2
190	Blaby District Council	C	42.3%	349.5
191	Merton LB	U	42.2%	334.3
192	Oldham MBC	C	42.2%	303.1
193	Derby City Council	U	42.1%	426.8
194	Brentwood Borough Council	C	42.1%	361.5
195	Wellingborough Borough Council	C	41.8%	377.6
196	Hart District Council	C	41.8%	331.8
197	Herefordshire Council	U	41.8%	391.9
198	Hampshire County Council	D	41.7%	428.9
199	Broxbourne Borough Council	C	41.5%	362.6
200	County Durham	U	41.2%	433.5
201	Carlisle City Council	C	41.2%	391.0
202	Harlow District Council	C	41.1%	308.9
203	Bromsgrove District Council	C	41.0%	397.3
204	East Lindsey District Council	C	40.8%	379.0
205	North Norfolk District Council	C	40.8%	408.4
206	Darlington Borough Council	U	40.8%	407.6
207	Erewash Borough Council	C	40.7%	407.6
208	Bradford City MDC (MBC)	U	40.7%	360.6
209	Swale Borough Council	C	40.5%	363.6
210	Manchester City Council MBC	C	40.4%	288.4
211	Tamworth Borough Council	C	40.4%	386.3
212	Scarborough Borough Council	C	40.4%	404.5
213	Bolsover District Council	C	40.3%	408.3
214	South Kesteven District Council	C	40.3%	381.3
215	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	U	40.3%	407.7
216	Northampton Borough Council	C	40.2%	357.3
217	Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council	U	40.2%	364.9
218	Torbay Council	U	40.2%	431.3
219	West Suffolk Council	C	40.1%	374.6
220	Walsall MBC	U	40.1%	389.5
221	Fenland District Council	C	40.0%	397.8
222	Worthing Borough Council	C	40.0%	336.2
223	Malvern Hills District Council	C	39.8%	321.0
224	Lewes District Council	C	39.6%	288.4
225	Stevenage Borough Council	C	39.5%	347.5
226	Norwich City Council	C	39.4%	316.3
227	Craven District Council	C	39.2%	365.1
228	Harrow LB	C	38.8%	359.4
229	Breckland Council	C	38.7%	364.7
230	Council of the Isles of Scilly	U	38.5%	621.3
231	Blackpool Borough Council	U	38.4%	460.5
232	Richmondshire District Council	C	38.2%	344.5
233	Leeds City Council MBC	U	38.2%	378.8
234	Winchester City Council	C	38.1%	307.0
235	Sevenoaks District Council	C	38.0%	373.0
236	Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	C	38.0%	357.8
237	Dudley MBC	U	37.8%	378.6
238	Havering LB	C	37.5%	395.4
239	Halton Borough Council	U	37.5%	440.0
240	Wolverhampton MBC	U	37.5%	393.1
241	Hillingdon LB	C	37.4%	323.4
242	West London Waste Authority	D	37.4%	326.2
243	St Helens MBC	C	37.4%	355.4
244	Boston Borough Council	C	37.2%	390.5
245	Merseyside WDA (MBC)	D	37.2%	478.1
246	Ashfield District Council	C	37.1%	352.8
247	Broxtowe Borough Council	C	36.9%	369.8
248	North Tyneside Council	U	36.9%	409.7
249	Test Valley Borough Council	C	36.9%	336.4
250	Solihull MBC	U	36.7%	424.6
251	Adur District Council	C	36.6%	318.9
252	Worcester City Council	C	36.6%	309.4
253	Lancaster City Council	C	36.5%	325.0
254	Luton Borough Council	U	36.3%	350.0
255	Copeland Borough Council	C	36.1%	373.6
256	Northumberland	U	36.0%	469.6
257	Reading Borough Council	U	35.3%	352.9
258	Ipswich Borough Council	C	35.1%	383.1
259	Tendring District Council	C	35.1%	298.8
260	Southwark LB	U	35.1%	345.8
261	North East Lincolnshire Council	U	35.1%	444.4
262	Thurrock Council	U	34.8%	441.4
263	Thanet District Council	C	34.8%	334.3
264	Sandwell MBC	U	34.8%	389.8
265	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	U	34.8%	403.7
266	Ribble Valley Borough Council	C	34.6%	394.3
267	East Hampshire District Council	C	34.6%	300.7
268	Hyndburn Borough Council	C	34.5%	281.2
269	Brent LB	C	34.2%	288.7
270	Lincoln City Council	C	34.1%	356.8
271	New Forest District Council	C	34.1%	318.8
272	Plymouth City Council	U	34.1%	391.2
273	Hartlepool Borough Council	U	34.0%	414.4
274	Allerdale Borough Council	C	33.7%	380.7
275	Sefton MBC	C	33.7%	400.0
276	Mansfield District Council	C	33.6%	410.4
277	Fareham Borough Council	C	33.4%	301.4
278	Coventry City Council	U	33.4%	344.7
279	Wirral MBC	C	33.3%	371.6
280	Cornwall	U	33.3%	457.6
281	Greenwich LB	U	33.2%	354.9
282	Enfield LB	C	33.1%	353.5
283	Gedling Borough Council	C	32.7%	375.6
284	Newark and Sherwood District Council	C	32.5%	373.0
285	Pendle Borough Council	C	32.5%	355.7
286	Waltham Forest LB	C	32.3%	343.3
287	Burnley Borough Council	C	32.2%	325.6
288	Barnet LB	C	32.0%	354.9
289	Gateshead MBC	U	32.0%	428.2
290	South Tyneside MBC	U	32.0%	441.8
291	Wyre Forest District Council	C	31.9%	354.7
292	Havant Borough Council	C	31.8%	324.9
293	Lambeth LB	C	31.7%	235.2
294	Middlesbrough Borough Council	U	31.7%	447.2
295	Eastbourne Borough Council	C	31.7%	331.1
296	Sheffield City Council	U	31.7%	318.1
297	Hounslow LB	C	31.5%	321.7
298	Amber Valley Borough Council	C	31.3%	362.7
299	Preston City Council	C	31.2%	357.7
300	Knowsley MBC	C	30.7%	365.2
301	Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	C	30.6%	342.0
302	Crawley Borough Council	C	30.3%	292.7
303	Great Yarmouth Borough Council	C	30.0%	380.7
304	Rossendale Borough Council	C	29.9%	335.2
305	Hastings Borough Council	C	29.9%	324.1
306	Haringey LB	C	29.7%	308.3
307	Islington LB	C	29.6%	224.1
308	Rushmoor Borough Council	C	29.6%	329.4
309	Brighton and Hove Council	U	29.4%	346.8
310	Southampton City Council	U	29.3%	340.5
311	North London Waste Authority	D	29.1%	323.0
312	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	U	29.1%	352.3
313	City of London	U	28.9%	407.1
314	Redditch Borough Council	C	28.9%	308.0
315	Royal B. of Kensington and Chelsea	C	28.6%	332.7
316	Hackney LB	C	28.3%	301.1
317	South Holland District Council	C	28.1%	336.4
318	Sunderland City Council	U	27.3%	408.1
319	Portsmouth City Council	U	26.7%	330.4
320	Kirklees MBC	U	26.7%	366.0
321	Lewisham LB	U	26.6%	319.9
322	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	U	26.5%	425.8
323	Nottingham City Council	U	26.2%	343.8
324	Exeter City Council	C	26.1%	271.1
325	Western Riverside Waste Authority	D	26.0%	281.7
326	Camden LB	C	25.9%	216.7
327	East London Waste Authority	D	25.9%	363.5
328	Hammersmith and Fulham LB	C	25.5%	246.1
329	Redbridge LB	C	25.4%	344.2
330	Barking and Dagenham LB	C	25.2%	422.9
331	Bassetlaw District Council	C	25.0%	378.2
332	Gosport Borough Council	C	24.8%	283.9
333	Dartford Borough Council	C	24.3%	331.8
334	Slough Borough Council	U	24.0%	350.6
335	Wandsworth LB	C	23.7%	284.4
336	Liverpool City Council	C	23.6%	351.5
337	Birmingham City Council	U	23.6%	358.9
338	Tower Hamlets LB	U	21.5%	226.8
339	Westminster City Council	U	20.4%	337.8
340	Newham LB	C	20.3%	339.9
341	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	C	18.8%	352.6

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