Household Waste and Recycling Rates for UK Local Authority Districts

Annual figures for Local Authority Districts and Lincolnshire show the quantity of household waste collected per person in kilograms and the overall household recycling and composting rate as a percentage. The data is updated annually and sourced from the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). It reflects former national performance indicators BVPI 84a and NI192.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking local authority waste collection efficiency based on annual kilograms per person figures.
• Analyzing trends in recycling and composting rates over time based on the annual percentage data.
• Modeling the relationship between waste generation and recycling performance for policy planning.
• Comparing district-level waste metrics against county-level totals, accounting for the disposal authority structure mentioned.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually, providing a regular time series.
• Sourced from the authoritative UK government department DEFRA.
• Includes both a primary metric (kg per person) and a derived performance indicator (recycling percentage).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from local authority reporting.

Time Range

Annual (financial year) figures.

Freshness

Updated annually.

Geography

Local Authority Districts and Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.