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The best value performance indicator (BVPI) for kerbside collection of recyclables was measured by BVPI 91 in 2004-05. In that year, Birmingham city council reported that 80.6 per cent of its household residents were served by a kerbside recycling collection.
BVPI 91 was revised in 2005-06 to BVPI 91 a and BVPI 91 b, which measure the percentage of household residents served by kerbside recycling collection of (a) one or more recyclables and (b) at least two recyclables.
In 2005-6, Birmingham city council reported that 90.0 per cent. of its household residents were served by kerbside recycling collection of one or more recyclables. 12.2 per cent. were served by collection of two or more recyclables.
Results for BVPI 91 a and BVPI 91 b for 2005-06 for all Metropolitan districts with collection responsibilities are in the following table:
Metropolitan District BV 91 a BV 91 b Barnsley 98.0 98.0 Birmingham 90.0 12.2 Bolton 96.9 96.9 Bradford 100.0 52.0 Bury 98.0 67.3 Calderdale 95.4 95.0 Coventry 84.2 71.0 Doncaster 98.8 98.8 Dudley 88.0 88.0 Gateshead 94.5 94.3 Kirklees 88.7 88.7 Knowsley 95.8 95.8 Leeds 90.1 90.1 Liverpool 91.8 91.8 Manchester 83.0 83.0 Newcastle upon Tyne 89.2 89.2 North Tyneside 98.9 98.9 Oldham 95.0 95.0 Rochdale 94.4 94.2 Rotherham 100.0 100.0 Salford 99.5 99.5 Sandwell 85.4 84.5 Sefton 97.0 97.0 Sheffield 89.8 20.7 Solihull 100.0 85.7 South Tyneside 97.5 97.0 St Helens 100.0 100.0 Stockport 94.9 94.7 Sunderland 98.8 97.3 Tameside 100.0 89.1 Trafford 100.0 86.0 Wakefield City 96.7 42.9 Walsall 95.5 95.5 Wigan 99.5 29.1 Wirral 100.0 65.8 Wolverhampton 88.5 88.5
In 2005-06, two Metropolitan districts, Rotherham and St Helens, reported that 100 per cent. of household residents were served by kerbside recycling collection of two or more recyclables. For the same period, 125 of authorities (35.4 per cent.) with waste collection responsibilities reported the same level of kerbside collection in England.
Under the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003, all local authorities in England are required to collect at least two types of recyclable waste from all households in their area by the end of 2010. It is up to each local authority to plan how it fulfils this requirement.