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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single tier councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgend County Borough Council | 3/3 | -- | |
| Ceredigion County Council | 3/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | 3/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 3/3 | -- | |
| Swansea City Council | 3/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cardiff Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Conwy County Borough Council | 2/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Denbighshire County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Flintshire County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Gwynedd County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Isle of Anglesey County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Newport City Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Powys County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | 2/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Angus Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 1/3 | -- | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Dorset Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Lothian Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 1/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Falkirk Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Ayrshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| North Somerset Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Renfrewshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Rutland County Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Scottish Borders Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Shropshire Council - Unitary | 1/3 | -- | |
| South Ayrshire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| South Gloucestershire Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Stirling Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| The Moray Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Torfaen County Borough Council | 1/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/3 | -- | |
Aberdeen City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bristol City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Buckinghamshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of Edinburgh Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of London
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of York Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Coventry City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Derby City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dundee City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Durham County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fife Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Glasgow City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kirklees Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Leeds City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Leicester City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Barnet
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Bexley
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Brent
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Camden
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Croydon
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Ealing
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Enfield
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hackney
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Haringey
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Harrow
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hounslow
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Islington
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Lambeth
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Lewisham
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Merton
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Newham
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Redbridge
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Southwark
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Sutton
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Waltham Forest
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Wandsworth
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Medway Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Midlothian Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Milton Keynes
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Northumberland Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Reading Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Salford City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sheffield City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southampton City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Tyneside Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sunderland City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
The Highland Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Thurrock Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Torbay Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Berkshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lothian Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Westminster City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wirral Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |