Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Three-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council has a recycling rate equal to or greater than 50% and less than 60%.
Second tier criteria met awarded if the council has a recycling rate equal to or greater than 60% and less than 70%
Third tier criteria met if the council has a recycling rate equal to or greater than 70%.
For England, Northern Ireland and Wales, 2023/24 data was used, as it was the most recent data available at the time of the assessment. For Scotland, 2023 data was used, as this was the most comparable dataset.
For the purpose of this assessment, the recycling rate is defined as the percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting.
Marked using data provided by DEFRA, Stats Wales, SEPA and DAERA-NI
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| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| St Albans City and District Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Stratford-on-Avon District Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Three Rivers District Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Ashford Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Broadland District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Chelmsford City Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cherwell District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Colchester Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Cotswold District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Dacorum Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Derbyshire Dales District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| East Cambridgeshire District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| East Devon District Council | 1/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Elmbridge Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Epping Forest District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Forest of Dean District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Guildford Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Horsham District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Maldon District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Mid Devon District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Mole Valley District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| North Hertfordshire District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Rochford District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Stroud District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Surrey Heath Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Tandridge District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Teignbridge District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Tewkesbury Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Torridge District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Warwick District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Watford Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Waverley Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| West Devon Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Woking Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
Adur District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Amber Valley Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Arun District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ashfield District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Basildon Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bassetlaw District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blaby District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bolsover District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Borough of Broxbourne
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Boston Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Braintree District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Breckland District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Brentwood Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bromsgrove District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Broxtowe Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Burnley Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cambridge City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cannock Chase District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Canterbury City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Castle Point Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Charnwood Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cheltenham Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chesterfield Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chichester District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chorley Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of Lincoln Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Crawley Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dartford Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dover District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Eastbourne Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Hampshire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Hertfordshire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Eastleigh Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Lindsey District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Staffordshire Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Suffolk Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Erewash Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Exeter City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fareham Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fenland District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fylde Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gedling Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gloucester City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gosport Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gravesham Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Harborough District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Harlow Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hart District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hastings Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Havant Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hertsmere Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
High Peak Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hyndburn Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ipswich Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lancaster City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lewes District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lichfield District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Maidstone Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Malvern Hills District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mansfield District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Melton Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mid Suffolk District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mid Sussex District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newark and Sherwood District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
New Forest District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Devon Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North East Derbyshire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Kesteven District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Norfolk District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Warwickshire Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North West Leicestershire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Norwich City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Oxford City Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Pendle Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Preston City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Redditch Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ribble Valley Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rossendale Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rother District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rugby Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Runnymede Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rushcliffe Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rushmoor Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sevenoaks District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Cambridgeshire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Derbyshire District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Hams District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Holland District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Kesteven District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Norfolk District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Ribble Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Staffordshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Spelthorne Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stafford Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stevenage Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swale Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tamworth Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tendring District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Test Valley Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Thanet District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Uttlesford District Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wealden District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Welwyn Hatfield Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lancashire Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lindsey District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Suffolk Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Winchester City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Worcester City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Worthing Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wychavon District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wyre Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wyre Forest District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |