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