This is the share of household waste — everything from your bins, boxes and tip visits — that gets reused, recycled or composted rather than burned or buried. It is the best-known measure of how green a council's waste service is, with about a decade of history to track progress. A high percentage means most waste is being turned back into something useful; a low one means most of it ends up as residual waste headed for incineration or landfill.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets LB | london | 17 | 1st worst of 33 |
| Liverpool City Council | metropolitan | 17.9 | 1st worst of 36 |
| Birmingham City Council | metropolitan | 20.3 | 2nd worst of 36 |
| Middlesbrough Borough Council | unitary | 21.5 | 1st worst of 62 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | london | 22.5 | 2nd worst of 33 |
| Dartford Borough Council | district | 23.7 | 1st worst of 161 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | unitary | 24.2 | 2nd worst of 62 |
| Westminster City Council | london | 24.4 | 3rd worst of 33 |
| Hackney LB | london | 24.7 | 4th worst of 33 |
| Gosport Borough Council | district | 25.1 | 2nd worst of 161 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon District Council | district | 63.9 | 1st best of 161 |
| Milton Keynes Council | unitary | 63.2 | 1st best of 62 |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | district | 61.3 | 2nd best of 161 |
| Three Rivers District Council | district | 61.1 | 3rd best of 161 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | unitary | 61 | 2nd best of 62 |
| East Devon District Council | district | 60.1 | 4th best of 161 |
| Dorset Council | unitary | 59.9 | 3rd best of 62 |
| North Somerset Council | unitary | 59.6 | 4th best of 62 |
| Stockport MBC | metropolitan | 59.5 | 1st best of 36 |
| St Albans City and District Council | district | 59.1 | 5th best of 161 |
| name | household_recycling_rate_pct |
|---|---|
| dataset | 12-wastedataflow |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | percent |
| grain | council-year |
| role | outcome |
| source | LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2024-25.ods, sheet Table_3, column 'Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (Ex NI192)' |
| period | 2014-15 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | Table_3 has gaps for some years/authorities (residual_share_pct serves as a cross-check); collection vs disposal authority differences affect comparability. |
| score_note | The standard ex-NI192 outcome measure with a decade of history; the dataset's strongest variable. |
| calculated | ../calculated/household-recycling-rate-pct.csv |
| calculated_rows | 5144 |
| calculated_periods | 2010-11 to 2024-25 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=206), unitaries (n=65), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33), counties (n=27) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
The headline household recycling rate (ex-NI192): percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting. It is the standard performance measure for waste diversion and the main outcome most waste comparisons target. Compare within authority type where possible.