This is the weight of household waste collected per resident per year — roughly how many kilograms of rubbish and recycling each person in the area produces. It measures waste minimisation rather than cost: a low figure means residents throw away less in the first place (the cheapest and greenest outcome), while a high one means more waste for the council to collect and deal with. Because it is per person, it lets you fairly compare places of very different sizes.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council of the Isles of Scilly | unitary | 632 | 1st worst of 62 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | unitary | 491.6 | 2nd worst of 62 |
| Cumberland Council | unitary | 478.6 | 3rd worst of 62 |
| Shropshire | unitary | 475.2 | 4th worst of 62 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | unitary | 475 | 5th worst of 62 |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | unitary | 459.7 | 6th worst of 62 |
| Northumberland | unitary | 452.8 | 7th worst of 62 |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | unitary | 452.4 | 8th worst of 62 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | county | 451.8 | 1st worst of 22 |
| North Yorkshire Council | unitary | 449.8 | 9th worst of 62 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing LB | london | 201.1 | 1st best of 33 |
| Lambeth LB | london | 209.1 | 2nd best of 33 |
| Islington LB | london | 211.5 | 3rd best of 33 |
| Camden LB | london | 237.4 | 4th best of 33 |
| Brent LB | london | 241.5 | 5th best of 33 |
| City of London | london | 242.2 | 6th best of 33 |
| Oxford City Council | district | 242.8 | 1st best of 161 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham LB | london | 246.4 | 7th best of 33 |
| Exeter City Council | district | 261 | 2nd best of 161 |
| Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | district | 267.1 | 3rd best of 161 |
| name | household_waste_per_person_kg |
|---|---|
| dataset | 12-wastedataflow |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | kg/person/year |
| grain | council-year |
| role | outcome |
| source | LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2024-25.ods, sheet Table_3, column 'Collected household waste per person (kg) (Ex BVPI 84a)' |
| period | 2014-15 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | Table_3 has gaps for some years/authorities; collection vs disposal authority differences affect comparability. |
| score_note | Clean per-head arisings measure; more a minimisation than cost-efficiency signal. |
| calculated | ../calculated/household-waste-per-person-kg.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 |
Household waste arisings per head (ex-BVPI 84a) — the "waste per head" measure, normalised for population. It indicates how much waste a council's residents generate independent of council size. Useful for comparing waste minimisation performance across councils.