Council recycling rates in England, 2024-25

As of 24 Oct 2026. Figures for 2024-25, published by Defra on 31 Mar 2026.

This is the government's own figure: the share of household waste that each council sent for reuse, recycling or composting in 2024-25.

Councils come in two kinds here, and we rank them separately, as Defra does. Some only collect your bins. The county, or in some areas a joint waste authority, runs the tips, so tip recycling counts towards that body instead. Others collect the bins and run the tips too, so their figure includes the tips.

Before you compare

These figures are for 2024-25. A council that has changed its collections since (a new food caddy, say) won't show it until next year's figures.
Garden waste and wood taken to tips count towards the rate, so councils with lots of gardens can score higher.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland publish their own figures, and we haven't added them yet.
Councils with the same figure share a rank.

Councils that collect waste but don't run the tips

195 councils.

Highest rates

Rank	Council	Rate
1	Stratford-on-Avon	63.9%
2	South Oxfordshire	61.3%
3	Three Rivers	61.1%
4	East Devon	60.1%
5	Stockport	59.5%
6	St Albans	59.1%
7	Surrey Heath	59.0%
8	Vale of White Horse	58.9%
9	Guildford	58.0%
10	Mid Devon	57.9%

Lowest rates

Rank	Council	Rate
195	Liverpool	17.9%
194	Kensington and Chelsea	22.5%
193	Dartford	23.7%
192	Hackney	24.7%
191	Gosport	25.1%
190	Pendle	26.7%
189	Preston	26.9%
188	Bassetlaw	27.5%
187	Camden	27.7%
186	Barnet	27.8%

All 195 councils

Rank	Council	Rate
1	Stratford-on-Avon	63.9%
2	South Oxfordshire	61.3%
3	Three Rivers	61.1%
4	East Devon	60.1%
5	Stockport	59.5%
6	St Albans	59.1%
7	Surrey Heath	59.0%
8	Vale of White Horse	58.9%
9	Guildford	58.0%
10	Mid Devon	57.9%
11	Maldon	57.8%
=12	Rochford	57.6%
=12	Tandridge	57.6%
14	Trafford	57.5%
15	Warwick	57.3%
16	West Oxfordshire	57.0%
17	Cotswold	56.7%
18	North Hertfordshire	56.5%
19	Stroud	56.4%
20	Waverley	55.8%
21	Mole Valley	55.5%
22	Woking	55.0%
23	East Cambridgeshire	54.8%
24	Reigate and Banstead	54.1%
25	West Devon	53.8%
=26	Elmbridge	53.7%
=26	Staffordshire Moorlands	53.7%
28	Teignbridge	53.6%
29	Forest of Dean	52.8%
30	Broadland	52.7%
31	Torridge	52.6%
32	Epping Forest	52.3%
33	Chelmsford	52.0%
=34	Colchester	51.6%
=34	Dacorum	51.6%
=34	Horsham	51.6%
37	Cherwell	51.5%
=38	Derbyshire Dales	51.4%
=38	Tunbridge Wells	51.4%
40	Epsom and Ewell	51.3%
41	Bury	51.2%
42	Uttlesford	50.7%
43	Tewkesbury	49.8%
44	South Hams	49.3%
45	Ealing	49.2%
46	Ashford	48.8%
=47	Cheltenham	48.4%
=47	Tonbridge and Malling	48.4%
=47	Watford	48.4%
50	Bolton	48.3%
51	Oxford	48.2%
52	Rochdale	48.0%
=53	Basildon	47.9%
=53	Wealden	47.9%
55	Welwyn Hatfield	47.8%
56	Tameside	47.5%
57	Salford	47.3%
58	Runnymede	46.6%
59	Braintree	46.2%
=60	Huntingdonshire	46.0%
=60	Rother	46.0%
=62	Folkestone and Hythe	45.9%
=62	Rugby	45.9%
64	Rushcliffe	45.5%
65	Newcastle-under-Lyme	45.3%
=66	Castle Point	44.9%
=66	North Devon	44.9%
68	Spelthorne	44.8%
69	South Staffordshire	44.6%
70	Stafford	44.0%
=71	East Staffordshire	43.9%
=71	Maidstone	43.9%
=71	Wychavon	43.9%
=74	Arun	43.8%
=74	North Norfolk	43.8%
76	High Peak	43.6%
=77	North West Leicestershire	43.5%
=77	West Lancashire	43.5%
79	Harborough	43.4%
=80	Dover	43.3%
=80	Lichfield	43.3%
=82	Chichester	43.2%
=82	East Hertfordshire	43.2%
=84	Eastleigh	43.1%
=84	North East Derbyshire	43.1%
=86	Canterbury	43.0%
=86	Oldham	43.0%
88	Rushmoor	42.8%
=89	Mid Sussex	42.7%
=89	Worthing	42.7%
=91	Hertsmere	42.6%
=91	Malvern Hills	42.6%
=91	Richmond upon Thames	42.6%
94	Broxbourne	42.5%
=95	South Derbyshire	42.3%
=95	South Norfolk	42.3%
97	Hart	42.2%
98	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	42.1%
=99	Bromsgrove	42.0%
=99	South Ribble	42.0%
101	North Warwickshire	41.9%
102	Chorley	41.8%
103	Hinckley and Bosworth	41.7%
=104	Adur	41.6%
=104	North Kesteven	41.6%
106	Charnwood	41.3%
107	East Suffolk	41.1%
108	Gloucester	40.8%
109	Oadby and Wigston	40.6%
=110	Gravesham	40.4%
=110	Harlow	40.4%
=110	Winchester	40.4%
=110	Wyre	40.4%
=114	Blaby	40.3%
=114	Fylde	40.3%
116	Melton	40.0%
117	Lewes	39.9%
118	West Lindsey	39.7%
119	Breckland	39.3%
120	East Lindsey	39.2%
121	Tendring	39.1%
122	Manchester	38.9%
123	Fenland	38.4%
124	Test Valley	38.3%
=125	Ribble Valley	38.2%
=125	Stevenage	38.2%
127	Norwich	38.1%
=128	Havering	38.0%
=128	South Kesteven	38.0%
130	Fareham	37.4%
131	New Forest	37.2%
132	Hillingdon	37.0%
=133	Eastbourne	36.9%
=133	Newark and Sherwood	36.9%
135	Sevenoaks	36.6%
=136	Hounslow	36.5%
=136	West Suffolk	36.5%
138	Tamworth	36.3%
139	Nuneaton and Bedworth	36.1%
140	Lancaster	35.9%
141	Erewash	35.7%
142	Bolsover	35.6%
143	Chesterfield	35.4%
144	Cannock Chase	35.3%
145	Broxtowe	35.1%
=146	Swale	34.9%
=146	Worcester	34.9%
148	East Hampshire	34.8%
149	Thanet	34.7%
150	Ashfield	34.6%
151	Sefton	33.9%
152	Brentwood	33.8%
=153	Ipswich	33.5%
=153	Waltham Forest	33.5%
=155	Brent	32.9%
=155	Enfield	32.9%
=155	Islington	32.9%
=155	Wyre Forest	32.9%
159	Lambeth	32.5%
160	Gedling	32.0%
161	Boston	31.9%
=162	Great Yarmouth	31.6%
=162	St. Helens	31.6%
164	South Holland	31.5%
165	Wirral	31.1%
166	Amber Valley	31.0%
167	Redbridge	30.8%
=168	Barking and Dagenham	30.7%
=168	Crawley	30.7%
=170	Harrow	30.6%
=170	Lincoln	30.6%
=172	Hammersmith and Fulham	30.2%
=172	Havant	30.2%
174	Hyndburn	30.0%
=175	Basingstoke and Deane	29.9%
=175	Burnley	29.9%
177	Redditch	29.6%
178	Hastings	29.5%
179	Exeter	29.0%
180	Rossendale	28.9%
181	Mansfield	28.8%
182	Newham	28.7%
183	Haringey	28.6%
184	Knowsley	28.5%
185	Wandsworth	27.9%
186	Barnet	27.8%
187	Camden	27.7%
188	Bassetlaw	27.5%
189	Preston	26.9%
190	Pendle	26.7%
191	Gosport	25.1%
192	Hackney	24.7%
193	Dartford	23.7%
194	Kensington and Chelsea	22.5%
195	Liverpool	17.9%

Councils that collect waste and run the tips

97 councils.

Highest rates

Rank	Council	Rate
1	Milton Keynes	63.2%
2	East Riding of Yorkshire	61.0%
3	Dorset	59.9%
4	North Somerset	59.6%
5	South Gloucestershire	58.3%
6	Wokingham	58.2%
7	Cheshire West and Chester	57.6%
8	Rutland	57.4%
9	Bath and North East Somerset	56.5%
10	Somerset	55.5%

Lowest rates

Rank	Council	Rate
97	Tower Hamlets	17.0%
96	Birmingham	20.3%
95	Middlesbrough	21.5%
94	Stockton-on-Tees	24.2%
93	Westminster	24.4%
92	Nottingham	25.3%
91	City of London	25.5%
90	Luton	25.7%
89	Newcastle upon Tyne	25.9%
88	Kirklees	27.0%

All 97 councils

Rank	Council	Rate
1	Milton Keynes	63.2%
2	East Riding of Yorkshire	61.0%
3	Dorset	59.9%
4	North Somerset	59.6%
5	South Gloucestershire	58.3%
6	Wokingham	58.2%
7	Cheshire West and Chester	57.6%
8	Rutland	57.4%
9	Bath and North East Somerset	56.5%
10	Somerset	55.5%
11	Bracknell Forest	53.5%
12	West Berkshire	52.5%
13	Shropshire	50.9%
14	North Lincolnshire	50.5%
=15	Westmorland and Furness	50.2%
=15	Wigan	50.2%
17	Cumberland	50.1%
18	Bromley	49.9%
19	Reading	49.4%
20	Buckinghamshire	48.9%
21	Wakefield	48.2%
22	Bexley	48.0%
23	Telford and Wrekin	47.9%
24	Cheshire East	47.8%
25	Hull	47.2%
26	Rotherham	47.1%
27	Doncaster	46.7%
28	Windsor and Maidenhead	46.2%
29	Barnsley	45.7%
30	Cornwall	45.1%
31	Isle of Wight	44.8%
=32	North Northamptonshire	44.4%
=32	West Northamptonshire	44.4%
34	Kingston upon Thames	44.2%
35	Bristol	44.1%
36	Warrington	44.0%
37	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	43.9%
38	Solihull	43.7%
39	Central Bedfordshire	42.4%
40	North Yorkshire	42.3%
41	Calderdale	41.9%
42	Wiltshire	41.8%
43	Sutton	41.0%
44	York	40.8%
=45	Blackpool	40.7%
=45	Torbay	40.7%
47	Leicester	40.4%
48	Southend-on-Sea	39.4%
49	Dudley	39.2%
50	Derby	38.7%
51	Herefordshire	38.6%
52	Peterborough	38.2%
53	Merton	37.5%
54	Isles of Scilly	37.4%
55	Leeds	37.3%
56	Medway	37.2%
57	North East Lincolnshire	36.9%
=58	Bedford	36.8%
=58	County Durham	36.8%
60	Croydon	36.3%
61	Swindon	35.7%
62	Halton	35.4%
63	Northumberland	34.8%
64	Thurrock	34.5%
65	Stoke-on-Trent	34.3%
66	Southwark	34.0%
67	North Tyneside	33.5%
68	Plymouth	33.0%
69	Wolverhampton	32.7%
70	Greenwich	32.5%
71	Walsall	32.3%
72	Coventry	32.0%
73	Sunderland	31.1%
74	Sheffield	31.0%
=75	Bradford	30.9%
=75	Darlington	30.9%
77	Redcar and Cleveland	30.7%
78	Sandwell	30.6%
79	Gateshead	30.5%
80	South Tyneside	30.0%
81	Southampton	29.2%
82	Blackburn with Darwen	28.3%
83	Brighton and Hove	27.7%
84	Portsmouth	27.5%
85	Slough	27.4%
86	Lewisham	27.2%
87	Hartlepool	27.1%
88	Kirklees	27.0%
89	Newcastle upon Tyne	25.9%
90	Luton	25.7%
91	City of London	25.5%
92	Nottingham	25.3%
93	Westminster	24.4%
94	Stockton-on-Tees	24.2%
95	Middlesbrough	21.5%
96	Birmingham	20.3%
97	Tower Hamlets	17.0%

Councils that report together

These councils send Defra one figure between them, so we show it but don't rank them.

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire: 47.7%
Babergh and Mid Suffolk: 41.8%

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Sources

Local authority collected waste management: annual results 2024/25, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), published 31 Mar 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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