This is the weight of non-recycled 'black bag' waste each household in the area produces per year, in kilograms. It is one of the most telling waste measures because it combines two good behaviours — throwing away less overall and recycling more of what remains — into one number. A low figure means households generate little leftover waste for burning or burying; a high one means lots of residual rubbish, which is both costlier and worse for the environment.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council of the Isles of Scilly | unitary | 876.9 | 1st worst of 62 |
| Middlesbrough Borough Council | unitary | 721.4 | 2nd worst of 62 |
| Luton Borough Council | unitary | 715.1 | 3rd worst of 62 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | unitary | 702 | 4th worst of 62 |
| Barking and Dagenham LB | london | 698 | 1st worst of 33 |
| Birmingham City Council | metropolitan | 665.6 | 1st worst of 36 |
| Newham LB | london | 660.1 | 2nd worst of 33 |
| Walsall MBC | metropolitan | 646.6 | 2nd worst of 36 |
| Harrow LB | london | 639.6 | 3rd worst of 33 |
| Barnet LB | london | 637.4 | 4th worst of 33 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Devon District Council | district | 256.3 | 1st best of 161 |
| Ealing LB | london | 263.1 | 1st best of 33 |
| Stratford-on-Avon District Council | district | 284 | 2nd best of 161 |
| Islington LB | london | 284.3 | 2nd best of 33 |
| Stockport MBC | metropolitan | 294.2 | 1st best of 36 |
| Mid Devon District Council | district | 296.8 | 3rd best of 161 |
| West Devon Borough Council | district | 298.9 | 4th best of 161 |
| Stroud District Council | district | 299 | 5th best of 161 |
| Lambeth LB | london | 302.6 | 3rd best of 33 |
| Warwick District Council | district | 306.5 | 6th best of 161 |
| name | residual_waste_per_household_kg |
|---|---|
| dataset | 12-wastedataflow |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | kg/household/year |
| grain | council-year |
| role | outcome |
| source | LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2024-25.ods, sheet Table_3 ('Selected Waste Indicators'), column 'Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191)' |
| period | 2014-15 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | Published pre-computed by Defra; Table_3 has gaps for some years/authorities. Authority-type differences (collection vs disposal) affect comparability. |
| score_note | Defra-published ex-NI191 indicator, clean and directly comparable; minor Table_3 gaps. |
| calculated | ../calculated/residual-waste-per-household-kg.csv |
| calculated_rows | 4656 |
| 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) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
The standard residual-waste efficiency indicator (ex-NI191): kilograms of non-recycled household waste per household per year; lower is better. It captures how much waste a council's households send to residual treatment after diversion. Prefer this Defra-published figure to hand-rolling the calculation.