England: local authority collected waste recycling rate

The recycling rate of waste collected by local authority across England for the year ended March 31, 2022 was 41.9 percent. This was a slight increase from the previous year, up from 41.6 percent. Recycling rates have increased significantly since the financial year 2000/01, when the recycling rate was just 12.3 percent. Despite this significant growth, rates have slowed down over the past decade.

Recycling rate of waste collected by local authorities in England from FY 2000/01 to FY 2021/22

Characteristic	Recycling rate
2021/22	41.9%
2020/21	41.6%
2019/20	43.2%
2018/19	43%
2017/18	42.6%
2016/17	42.9%
2015/16	42.5%
2014/15	43%
2013/14	42.8%
2012/13	42.4%
2011/12	42.1%
2010/11	40.4%
2009/10	38.7%
2008/09	36.9%
2007/08	34%
2006/07	30.7%
2005/06	27.1%
2004/05	23.5%
2003/04	19%
2002/03	15.6%
2001/02	13.6%
2000/01	12.3%

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

FY 2000/01 to FY 2021/22

Special properties

Including household and non-household waste

Supplementary notes

Financial years starting in April and ending in March of the following year.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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