2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

How low is the councils' area wide level of household waste produced?

Question code
7.9
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
Household Waste Amount
Source
National Data
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the annual residual waste in kg per household in the area is equal to or less than 400kg and more than 300kg per household.

Second tier criteria met if the annual residual waste in kg per household in the area is equal to or less than 300kg per household.

This question is scoring councils on the amount of residual waste (kg) per household in each council area.

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.

Clarifications

Residual waste includes waste sent to landfill and incineration. It excludes waste that is recycled or composted.

Marked using data provided by DEFRA, Stats Wales and SEPA

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

Northern Ireland County District Single Tier

0 points

20 county councils
21 in 2023
▼-1

1 point

1 county council
0 in 2023
▲1

2 points

0 county councils
0 in 2023
0

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

11
councils scored higher in 2025
00
councils scored lower in 2025
-- No change
NA New question (not in previous scorecards)
CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria