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Household waste reused, recycled or composted

2023-24. Higher is better. Source: Defra: Local authority collected waste (ENV18).

Hartlepool: 27.7%, bottom quarterMiddlesbrough: 23.8%, bottom quarterRedcar and Cleveland: 32.2%, third quarterStockton-on-Tees: 24.5%, bottom quarterKingston upon Hull: 46.5%, second quarterEast Riding of Yorkshire: 60.2%, top quarterDarlington: 30.8%, third quarterHalton: 36.1%, third quarterSlough: 24.9%, bottom quarterWarrington: 43.8%, second quarterBlackburn with Darwen: 27.1%, bottom quarterBlackpool: 44.0%, second quarterNorth East Lincolnshire: 37.7%, second quarterYork: 41.7%, second quarterDerby: 40.5%, second quarterNorth Lincolnshire: 52.0%, top quarterLeicester: 41.7%, second quarterRutland: 55.7%, top quarterNottingham: 26.7%, bottom quarterHerefordshire: 39.1%, second quarterTelford and Wrekin: 49.2%, top quarterStoke-on-Trent: 37.0%, third quarterLuton: 27.7%, bottom quarterBath and North East Somerset: 55.3%, top quarterSouthend-on-Sea: 41.8%, second quarterBristol: no figureBrentwood: not coveredNorth Somerset: 58.9%, top quarterWorcester: not coveredSouth Gloucestershire: 56.7%, top quarterBrent: 28.2%, bottom quarterPlymouth: 32.9%, third quarterThurrock: 30.0%, bottom quarterMedway: 37.6%, third quarterTorbay: 40.1%, second quarterBracknell Forest: 55.7%, top quarterKingston upon Thames: 44.1%, second quarterSwindon: 33.8%, third quarterPeterborough: 39.6%, second quarterWest Berkshire: 53.4%, top quarterReading: 49.8%, top quarterWindsor and Maidenhead: 49.1%, top quarterWokingham: 55.4%, top quarterLambeth: 31.5%, third quarterMilton Keynes: 60.2%, top quarterBrighton and Hove: 27.4%, bottom quarterBromley: 50.9%, top quarterPortsmouth: 27.9%, bottom quarterSouthampton: 29.6%, bottom quarterIsle of Wight: 49.7%, top quarterCounty Durham: 36.7%, third quarterCheshire East: 51.6%, top quarterCheshire West and Chester: 59.1%, top quarterShropshire: 54.0%, top quarterCornwall: 37.7%, second quarterIsles of Scilly: not coveredWiltshire: 43.7%, second quarterCamden: 29.1%, bottom quarterBedford: 38.0%, second quarterCentral Bedfordshire: 46.0%, second quarterNorthumberland: 34.9%, third quarterBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 46.2%, second quarterDorset: 60.5%, top quarterBuckinghamshire: no figureCumberland: 51.2%, top quarterWestmorland and Furness: 52.9%, top quarterNorth Yorkshire: 42.8%, second quarterSomerset: 56.0%, top quarterCroydon: 39.8%, second quarterCambridge: not coveredEast Cambridgeshire: not coveredBasildon: not coveredFenland: not coveredBolsover: not coveredHuntingdonshire: not coveredEaling: 49.5%, top quarterSouth Cambridgeshire: not coveredChesterfield: not coveredDerbyshire Dales: not coveredAmber Valley: not coveredErewash: not coveredHigh Peak: not coveredExeter: not coveredMid Devon: not coveredNorth Devon: not coveredSouth Hams: not coveredNorth East Derbyshire: not coveredEastbourne: not coveredSouth Derbyshire: not coveredHastings: not coveredEast Devon: not coveredTeignbridge: not coveredTorridge: not coveredWest Devon: not coveredLewes: not coveredEnfield: 33.0%, third quarterRother: not coveredWealden: not coveredGreenwich: 33.0%, third quarterBraintree: not coveredHackney: 25.9%, bottom quarterCastle Point: not coveredChelmsford: not coveredColchester: not coveredEpping Forest: not coveredHarlow: not coveredMaldon: not coveredFareham: not coveredRochford: not coveredTendring: not coveredUttlesford: not coveredCheltenham: not coveredCotswold: not coveredHammersmith and Fulham: 27.6%, bottom quarterForest of Dean: not coveredGloucester: not coveredStroud: not coveredGosport: not coveredTewkesbury: not coveredHaringey: 28.5%, bottom quarterBasingstoke and Deane: not coveredHart: not coveredEast Hampshire: not coveredEastleigh: not coveredHavant: not coveredNew Forest: not coveredRushmoor: not coveredWatford: not coveredTest Valley: not coveredHarrow: 31.5%, third quarterWinchester: not coveredBroxbourne: not coveredDacorum: not coveredHertsmere: not coveredBurnley: not coveredNorth Hertfordshire: not coveredThree Rivers: not coveredAshford: not coveredPendle: not coveredCanterbury: not coveredDartford: not coveredDover: not coveredGravesham: not coveredMaidstone: not coveredPreston: not coveredSevenoaks: not coveredWelwyn Hatfield: not coveredFolkestone and Hythe: not coveredSwale: not coveredThanet: not coveredTonbridge and Malling: not coveredRochdale: 48.8%, top quarterTunbridge Wells: not coveredChorley: not coveredSouth Ribble: not coveredFylde: not coveredHyndburn: not coveredLancaster: not coveredSalford: 47.3%, second quarterRibble Valley: not coveredRossendale: not coveredWest Lancashire: not coveredLewisham: 26.8%, bottom quarterWyre: not coveredBlaby: not coveredCharnwood: not coveredHarborough: not coveredHinckley and Bosworth: not coveredNorth West Leicestershire: not coveredMelton: not coveredOadby and Wigston: not coveredMerton: 38.6%, second quarterBoston: not coveredEast Lindsey: not coveredLincoln: not coveredSt. Helens: 31.4%, third quarterNorth Kesteven: not coveredNorth Northamptonshire: 47.5%, top quarterSouth Holland: not coveredAshfield: not coveredSouth Kesteven: not coveredGedling: not coveredWest Lindsey: not coveredBreckland: not coveredBroadland: not coveredGreat Yarmouth: not coveredKing's Lynn and West Norfolk: not coveredNorth Norfolk: not coveredNorwich: not coveredSouth Norfolk: not coveredWest Northamptonshire: 46.6%, second quarterMansfield: not coveredOxford: not coveredCannock Chase: not coveredBassetlaw: not coveredBroxtowe: not coveredNewark and Sherwood: not coveredIpswich: not coveredRushcliffe: not coveredElmbridge: not coveredEpsom and Ewell: not coveredCherwell: not coveredSouth Oxfordshire: not coveredVale of White Horse: not coveredRunnymede: not coveredWest Oxfordshire: not coveredSpelthorne: not coveredEast Staffordshire: not coveredLichfield: not coveredSurrey Heath: not coveredNewham: 26.4%, bottom quarterNewcastle-under-Lyme: not coveredTandridge: not coveredSouth Staffordshire: not coveredHavering: 37.3%, third quarterStafford: not coveredRedbridge: 30.2%, bottom quarterStaffordshire Moorlands: not coveredTamworth: not coveredBabergh: not coveredMid Suffolk: not coveredWandsworth: 22.8%, bottom quarterGuildford: not coveredManchester: 39.6%, second quarterMole Valley: not coveredReigate and Banstead: not coveredWestminster: 22.4%, bottom quarterWaverley: not coveredWoking: not coveredNorth Warwickshire: not coveredNuneaton and Bedworth: not coveredOldham: 45.5%, second quarterRugby: not coveredStratford-on-Avon: not coveredBromsgrove: not coveredWarwick: not coveredAdur: not coveredMalvern Hills: not coveredArun: not coveredChichester: not coveredCrawley: not coveredHorsham: not coveredMid Sussex: not coveredWorthing: not coveredRedditch: not coveredWychavon: not coveredWyre Forest: not coveredSt Albans: not coveredEast Hertfordshire: not coveredStevenage: not coveredEast Suffolk: not coveredWest Suffolk: not coveredNorth Tyneside: 34.0%, third quarterBolton: 49.4%, top quarterBury: 51.5%, top quarterSouth Tyneside: 31.4%, third quarterStockport: 60.0%, top quarterTameside: 50.0%, top quarterTrafford: 58.4%, top quarterWigan: 51.5%, top quarterKnowsley: 26.2%, bottom quarterLiverpool: 19.2%, bottom quarterSefton: 33.2%, third quarterWirral: 32.4%, third quarterBarnsley: 45.6%, second quarterSunderland: 29.8%, bottom quarterDoncaster: 45.3%, second quarterRotherham: 44.9%, second quarterSheffield: 31.9%, third quarterNewcastle upon Tyne: 25.8%, bottom quarterBirmingham: 22.7%, bottom quarterCoventry: 34.2%, third quarterHillingdon: 37.3%, third quarterDudley: 37.5%, third quarterSandwell: 26.8%, bottom quarterHounslow: 36.9%, third quarterIslington: 30.3%, bottom quarterSolihull: 42.9%, second quarterWalsall: 32.3%, third quarterWolverhampton: 37.2%, third quarterBradford: 31.0%, third quarterCalderdale: 41.0%, second quarterKirklees: 25.8%, bottom quarterWakefield: 48.9%, top quarterLeeds: 35.3%, third quarterBexley: 46.0%, second quarterGateshead: 31.3%, third quarterCity of London: not coveredBarking and Dagenham: 32.6%, third quarterBarnet: 28.7%, bottom quarterKensington and Chelsea: 22.2%, bottom quarterRichmond upon Thames: 40.9%, second quarterSouthwark: 32.8%, third quarterSutton: 41.0%, second quarterTower Hamlets: 15.8%, bottom quarterWaltham Forest: 32.8%, third quarter
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Each council is the same size, so London is easy to see. Map layout by Open Innovations.

Every council, highest first
Position Council Figure
1 Dorset 60.5%
2 East Riding of Yorkshire 60.2%
2 Milton Keynes 60.2%
4 Stockport 60.0%
5 Cheshire West and Chester 59.1%
6 North Somerset 58.9%
7 Trafford 58.4%
8 South Gloucestershire 56.7%
9 Somerset 56.0%
10 Bracknell Forest 55.7%
10 Rutland 55.7%
12 Wokingham 55.4%
13 Bath and North East Somerset 55.3%
14 Shropshire 54.0%
15 West Berkshire 53.4%
16 Westmorland and Furness 52.9%
17 North Lincolnshire 52.0%
18 Cheshire East 51.6%
19 Bury 51.5%
19 Wigan 51.5%
21 Cumberland 51.2%
22 Bromley 50.9%
23 Tameside 50.0%
24 Reading 49.8%
25 Isle of Wight 49.7%
26 Ealing 49.5%
27 Bolton 49.4%
28 Telford and Wrekin 49.2%
29 Windsor and Maidenhead 49.1%
30 Wakefield 48.9%
31 Rochdale 48.8%
32 North Northamptonshire 47.5%
33 Salford 47.3%
34 West Northamptonshire 46.6%
35 Kingston upon Hull 46.5%
36 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 46.2%
37 Bexley 46.0%
37 Central Bedfordshire 46.0%
39 Barnsley 45.6%
40 Oldham 45.5%
41 Doncaster 45.3%
42 Rotherham 44.9%
43 Kingston upon Thames 44.1%
44 Blackpool 44.0%
45 Warrington 43.8%
46 Wiltshire 43.7%
47 Solihull 42.9%
48 North Yorkshire 42.8%
49 Southend-on-Sea 41.8%
50 Leicester 41.7%
50 York 41.7%
52 Calderdale 41.0%
52 Sutton 41.0%
54 Richmond upon Thames 40.9%
55 Derby 40.5%
56 Torbay 40.1%
57 Croydon 39.8%
58 Manchester 39.6%
58 Peterborough 39.6%
60 Herefordshire 39.1%
61 Merton 38.6%
62 Bedford 38.0%
63 Cornwall 37.7%
63 North East Lincolnshire 37.7%
65 Medway 37.6%
66 Dudley 37.5%
67 Havering 37.3%
67 Hillingdon 37.3%
69 Wolverhampton 37.2%
70 Stoke-on-Trent 37.0%
71 Hounslow 36.9%
72 County Durham 36.7%
73 Halton 36.1%
74 Leeds 35.3%
75 Northumberland 34.9%
76 Coventry 34.2%
77 North Tyneside 34.0%
78 Swindon 33.8%
79 Sefton 33.2%
80 Enfield 33.0%
80 Greenwich 33.0%
82 Plymouth 32.9%
83 Southwark 32.8%
83 Waltham Forest 32.8%
85 Barking and Dagenham 32.6%
86 Wirral 32.4%
87 Walsall 32.3%
88 Redcar and Cleveland 32.2%
89 Sheffield 31.9%
90 Harrow 31.5%
90 Lambeth 31.5%
92 South Tyneside 31.4%
92 St. Helens 31.4%
94 Gateshead 31.3%
95 Bradford 31.0%
96 Darlington 30.8%
97 Islington 30.3%
98 Redbridge 30.2%
99 Thurrock 30.0%
100 Sunderland 29.8%
101 Southampton 29.6%
102 Camden 29.1%
103 Barnet 28.7%
104 Haringey 28.5%
105 Brent 28.2%
106 Portsmouth 27.9%
107 Hartlepool 27.7%
107 Luton 27.7%
109 Hammersmith and Fulham 27.6%
110 Brighton and Hove 27.4%
111 Blackburn with Darwen 27.1%
112 Lewisham 26.8%
112 Sandwell 26.8%
114 Nottingham 26.7%
115 Newham 26.4%
116 Knowsley 26.2%
117 Hackney 25.9%
118 Kirklees 25.8%
118 Newcastle upon Tyne 25.8%
120 Slough 24.9%
121 Stockton-on-Tees 24.5%
122 Middlesbrough 23.8%
123 Wandsworth 22.8%
124 Birmingham 22.7%
125 Westminster 22.4%
126 Kensington and Chelsea 22.2%
127 Liverpool 19.2%
128 Tower Hamlets 15.8%

No figure for: Bristol, Buckinghamshire.