How wasteful is your town or city?

Looking at government waste statistics from 2019-2020, we examined how much household waste each locality produces, what percentage of household waste is recycled* and the number of fly-tipping incidents to find England’s least wasteful residents.

By choosing your local town or city from the list above, you can see how it ranks on our ‘wasteful scale’ overall and for each factor. The less wasteful you are, the better you score and the further up the bar you rank.

We also compared these findings to how each locality performed in 2014-2015, to see how waste habits have changed.

* Read our special Bower report on recycling for more info.

Where does your town or city rank in England?

Overall Rank: based on a scoring metric which considers the weight of household waste produced per capita, the percentage of household waste which is recycled per capita and the number of fly-tipping incidents per capita in each town and city.

Household waste: the average amount of household waste in kilograms each person produces per year.
Recycling rank: based on the percentage of household waste per year which is recycled.
Fly-tipping incidents: the number of fly-tipping incidents per 10,000 residents reported by the local council per year.
How has city/town’s waste habits changed over the last five years?

What positive changes have your town or city made to its waste habits, and where is there room for improvement? We compared the results from 2019-20 to 2014-15 to find out.

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