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

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Northern Ireland County District Single Tier

0 points

135 single tier councils

146 in 2023

▼-11

1 point

27 single tier councils

15 in 2023

▲12

2 points

24 single tier councils

22 in 2023

▲2

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

single tier councils

1616

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Council	Score	Difference2023	Evidence
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Bridgend County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Caerphilly County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Cardiff Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Carmarthenshire County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Ceredigion County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Conwy County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Denbighshire County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Flintshire County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Gwynedd County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Isle of Anglesey County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
London Borough of Ealing Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence docs.google.com	2/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Monmouthshire County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Newport City Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Pembrokeshire County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Powys County Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence docs.google.com	2/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Swansea City Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Torfaen County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Vale of Glamorgan Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Wrexham County Borough Council Score 2025 2/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence statswales.gov.wales	2/2	--	statswales.gov.wales
Bath and North East Somerset Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Bracknell Forest Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Cheshire West and Chester Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
City of London Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Dorset Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
East Renfrewshire Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Inverclyde Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
London Borough of Camden Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
London Borough of Islington Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
London Borough of Lambeth Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Manchester City Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Milton Keynes Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
North Ayrshire Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
North Somerset Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Reading Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Salford City Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Scottish Borders Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
South Gloucestershire Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	▲ 1	docs.google.com
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 1/2 2023 Difference -- Evidence docs.google.com	1/2	--	docs.google.com
Aberdeen City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Aberdeenshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Angus Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Argyll and Bute Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bedford Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Birmingham City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Blackpool Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bradford Metropolitan District Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Brighton and Hove City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bristol City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Buckinghamshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Central Bedfordshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of Edinburgh Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of York Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Clackmannanshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cornwall Council (Unitary) Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Coventry City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cumberland Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference	0/2	NA	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Darlington Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derby City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dumfries and Galloway Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dundee City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Durham County Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Ayrshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Dunbartonshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Lothian Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Falkirk Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fife Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Glasgow City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Halton Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hartlepool Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Herefordshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isle of Wight Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isles of Scilly Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kirklees Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leeds City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leicester City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Liverpool City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Barnet Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Bexley Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Brent Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Bromley Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Croydon Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Enfield Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hackney Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Haringey Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Harrow Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Havering Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hillingdon Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hounslow Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Lewisham Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Merton Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Newham Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Redbridge Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Southwark Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Sutton Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Waltham Forest Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Wandsworth Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Luton Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Medway Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Middlesbrough Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Midlothian Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North East Lincolnshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Lanarkshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Lincolnshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Northamptonshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Northumberland Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Yorkshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference	0/2	NA	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottingham City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Orkney Islands Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Perth and Kinross Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Peterborough City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Plymouth City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Portsmouth City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Redcar and Cleveland Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Renfrewshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Greenwich Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rutland County Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sheffield City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Shetland Islands Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Shropshire Council - Unitary Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Slough Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Somerset Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Southampton City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Ayrshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Lanarkshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Tyneside Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stirling Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sunderland City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swindon Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Telford & Wrekin Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
The Highland Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
The Moray Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Thurrock Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Torbay Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warrington Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Berkshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Dunbartonshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lothian Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Westminster City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Westmorland and Furness Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference	0/2	NA	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Northamptonshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wiltshire Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wirral Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wokingham Borough Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wolverhampton City Council Score 2025 0/2 2023 Difference --	0/2	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria