UK League Table chart

05 January 2012

On the whole, councils in the UK continue to strike the right chord when it comes to improving their waste management services.

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UK League Table ordered by recycling rates ->

Rank	Authority	Residual per capita (kg) (10/11)	Total Percentage of Household Waste Sent for Recycling, Composting or Reuse (NI192) (10/11)
1	Bournemouth Borough Council	174.5	63.92%
2	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	187.1	47.40%
3	Denbighshire County Council	190.6	55.60%
4	Oxfordshire County Council	199	54.41%
5	Tower Hamlets LB	212	24.56%
6	Central Bedfordshire	212.1	51.60%
7	Bexley LB	212.4	50.97%
8	Swindon Borough Council	214.8	49.96%
9	Ceredigion County Council	217	56.10%
10	Rutland County Council	218.4	56.84%
11	Merton LB	219.2	36.45%
12	Cambridgeshire County Council	219.4	54.21%
13	Walsall MBC	223.8	48.68%
14	Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	223.8	48.93%
15	Leicestershire County Council	224.9	54.02%
16	Dorset County Council	226.4	52.85%
17	Bath and North East Somerset Council	227.3	45.95%
18	Carmarthenshire County Council	227.3	44.40%
19	Caerphilly CBC	227.3	51.00%
20	Calderdale MBC	227.9	41.07%
21	Bromley LB	228	44.28%
22	Suffolk County Council	228.3	53.78%
23	Devon County Council	228.9	54.77%
24	Magherafelt District Council	229.2	53.00%
25	Derby City Council	229.6	47.52%
26	Staffordshire County Council	229.8	52.97%
27	North Somerset Council	230.4	51.15%
28	Lincolnshire County Council	230.5	52.94%
29	Hertfordshire County Council	232.7	48.46%
30	West Lothian	233	50.20%
31	Bristol City Council	233.4	37.38%
32	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	233.7	44.90%
33	Somerset County Council	234.3	50.88%
34	Milton Keynes Council	234.5	51.95%
35	Stirling	235.5	53.20%
36	Thurrock Council	235.9	44.52%
37	Essex County Council	236.7	49.88%
38	Bridgend CBC	238	46.30%
39	Newport City Council	239.2	44.30%
40	Monmouthshire CC	241.8	51.10%
41	City of London	244.4	39.03%
42	Westminster City Council	244.5	25.27%
43	West London Waste Authority	245.6	39.09%
44	Norfolk County Council	245.7	44.96%
45	North Ayrshire	246.9	51.80%
46	Surrey County Council	247.3	46.40%
47	Gloucestershire County Council	247.7	46.19%
48	East Renfrewshire	248.2	49.30%
49	Nottingham City Council	248.7	35.59%
50	Conwy CBC	249.2	44.00%
51	York City Council	249.5	45.06%
52	Lancashire County Council	250.2	46.08%
53	Shropshire	250.3	52.55%
54	Warwickshire County Council	250.8	49.15%
55	Sutton LB	251.1	37.55%
56	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	251.2	45.07%
57	Croydon LB	251.4	33.47%
58	Renfrewshire	251.7	48.80%
59	Rotherham MBC	252	41.85%
60	Scottish Borders	252.7	44.50%
61	Coventry City Council	253	37.26%
62	Wrexham CBC	253.5	50.00%
63	Western Riverside Waste Authority	253.5	28.01%
64	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	254.7	41.46%
65	Solihull MBC	255.1	44.39%
66	City and County of Swansea	258	41.60%
67	Cheshire East	258.3	49.01%
68	Armagh City & District Council	258.8	41.30%
69	Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC	259.7	33.41%
70	Dudley MBC	259.9	34.34%
71	South Gloucestershire Council	260	45.05%
72	Peterborough City Council	260.4	44.51%
73	Bradford City MDC (MBC)	260.8	33.81%
74	Torbay Council	261	39.51%
75	Gwynedd Council	261	45.30%
76	Wokingham Council	261.2	41.13%
77	North Lincolnshire Council	262	51.76%
78	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	262.2	40.18%
79	Herefordshire Council	262.6	39.82%
80	Castlereagh Borough Council	263	41.30%
81	Leeds City Council MBC	263.4	34.67%
82	West Dunbartonshire	263.8	41.50%
83	Buckinghamshire County Council	263.9	45.07%
84	Worcestershire County Council	264.3	42.77%
85	Cardiff County Council	264.4	40.20%
86	Cheshire West and Chester	266.1	48.09%
87	Pembrokeshire County Council	266.3	45.30%
88	Greater Manchester WDA (MBC)	267.6	34.02%
89	Omagh District Council	269.4	40.20%
90	North Lanarkshire	270	53.80%
91	Reading Borough Council	270.2	34.91%
92	Warrington Borough Council	270.7	43.28%
93	Vale of Glamorgan Council	271.1	39.80%
94	North Down Borough Council	271.5	45.20%
95	Sheffield City Council	271.6	29.30%
96	Derbyshire County Council	272.3	42.09%
97	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	273.5	39.29%
98	Barnsley MBC	273.6	39.44%
99	Slough Borough Council	274.4	31.40%
100	Northamptonshire County Council	274.7	43.16%
101	Greenwich LB	274.8	36.54%
102	Torfaen CBC	274.8	42.60%
103	West Sussex County Council	275	44.03%
104	Nottinghamshire County Council	275.2	43.36%
105	Wiltshire	275.4	41.75%
106	Kirklees MBC	275.4	34.01%
107	Hartlepool Borough Council	277.2	40.94%
108	Wakefield City MDC	277.9	39.90%
109	North London Waste Authority	278	29.37%
110	Leicester City Council	278.2	25.59%
111	Falkirk	278.3	47.10%
112	Cumbria County Council	278.6	45.55%
113	Hampshire County Council	279.1	39.70%
114	Blackpool Borough Council	279.6	37.16%
115	Telford and Wrekin Council	280.4	43.68%
116	Isle of Anglesey CC	280.6	51.50%
117	North Yorkshire County Council	280.9	45.10%
118	Perth & Kinross	281	46.40%
119	Craigavon Borough Council	281.2	41.10%
120	Birmingham City Council	281.5	31.15%
121	Banbridge District Council	281.5	49.60%
122	Luton Borough Council	281.6	34.96%
123	Doncaster MBC	282.9	41.66%
124	Darlington Borough Council	283.7	41.89%
125	Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC	284	39.50%
126	Flintshire County Council	285.1	44.40%
127	South Tyneside MBC	285.6	34.64%
128	Carrickfergus Borough Council	286.1	41.10%
129	Portsmouth City Council	286.6	24.37%
130	Bedford	286.7	39.08%
131	County Durham	286.9	39.26%
132	Lisburn City Council	287.6	39.50%
133	Southampton City Council	287.8	25.07%
134	Inverclyde	288.3	35.30%
135	Southwark LB	288.9	25.14%
136	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	289.3	38.71%
137	Sandwell MBC	289.9	32.62%
138	Midlothian	290.3	44.30%
139	Blaenau Gwent CBC	290.5	35.20%
140	Wolverhampton MBC	290.6	35.94%
141	Gateshead MBC	292.7	34.60%
142	Edinburgh, City of	292.7	29.50%
143	East Sussex County Council	293.7	38.31%
144	Plymouth City Council	294.2	32.90%
145	Brighton and Hove Council	294.9	27.65%
146	Medway Borough Council	294.9	36.26%
147	Newry & Mourne District Council	295.1	33.00%
148	Ballymoney Borough Council	295.5	35.80%
149	Cookstown District Council	295.8	39.50%
150	East Ayrshire	296.5	39.70%
151	South Ayrshire	296.5	46.20%
152	Northumberland	296.7	39.39%
153	North Tyneside Council	296.9	36.76%
154	Kent County Council	297.2	38.97%
155	West Berkshire District Council	297.4	41.98%
156	Newtownabbey Borough Council	298.3	42.10%
157	Antrim Borough Council	298.7	46.00%
158	Larne Borough Council	300.1	43.90%
159	Down District Council	300.5	32.50%
160	East Riding of Yorkshire Council	301.7	41.56%
161	Wigan MBC	302.9	36.06%
162	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	305.3	29.82%
163	Clackmannanshire	309.9	46.90%
164	Argyll & Bute	311.6	42.50%
165	Sunderland City Council	312.2	31.21%
166	Ards Borough Council	312.3	40.60%
167	Poole Borough Council	313	39.73%
168	Halton Borough Council	313.5	38.08%
169	Powys County Council	314.5	38.50%
170	Strabane District Council	314.8	32.80%
171	Fife	316	44.70%
172	Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council	317.8	37.30%
173	Neath Port Talbot CBC	318.5	38.10%
174	East London Waste Authority	322.8	25.43%
175	Merseyside WDA (MBC)	323.1	36.51%
176	Fermanagh District Council	325.7	31.00%
177	Moyle District Council	326.7	36.20%
178	Ballymena Borough Council	327.7	32.30%
179	Limavady Borough Council	329.2	36.00%
180	Belfast City Council	329.5	29.80%
181	Cornwall	333.6	36.17%
182	North East Lincolnshire Council	335.8	33.55%
183	Lewisham LB	338.2	18.10%
184	Highland	338.4	36.10%
185	Middlesbrough Borough Council	339.9	23.36%
186	Merthyr Tydfil CBC	340.4	34.10%
187	South Lanarkshire	342.8	32.50%
188	East Lothian	343.2	38.90%
189	Derry City Council	344.1	29.60%
190	Glasgow City	346.9	22.50%
191	Orkney Islands	350.5	38.30%
192	Angus	355.3	36.30%
193	Dundee City	364.1	24.40%
194	Isle of Wight Council	368.2	29.98%
195	Aberdeen City	369.6	28.80%
196	East Dunbartonshire	376	38.20%
197	Coleraine Borough Council	378.8	36.10%
198	Moray	384.1	39.80%
199	Aberdeenshire	419.9	30.10%
200	Eilean Siar	485.3	33.00%
201	Shetland Islands	490.5	17.50%
202	Council of the Isles of Scilly	764.1	18.82%

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Uk Regional Performance

	Arising per capita	Recycling %	Residual per capita
WALES	467.4	43.94%	262.0
ENGLAND	449.1	41.23%	264.0
NORTHERN IRELAND	486.4	37.50%	304.0
SCOTLAND	512.7	38.46%	315.5

UK	456.3	41.0%	269.2