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Recycling: North West

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much waste was recycled (a) in total and (b) on average per head of population by each local authority in the North West in each of the last five years. (264325)

The following table shows the available local authority level data for household recycling tonnages and the amount of household waste recycled per person for each local authority in the North West of England for the last three financial years. The data for 2003-04 and 2004-05 are either incomplete or unreliable at local authority level.

Household recycling and composting (tonnes)Household recycling and composting (kg per person)

Authority

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Allerdale Borough Council

13,656

14,227

15,619

143.29

147.74

165.63

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

6,025

5,790

6,703

85.46

82.59

93.35

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

16,483

18,328

20,833

117.57

130.73

147.54

Blackpool Borough Council

19,050

22,567

22,970

133.50

157.92

160.97

Bolton MBC

25,793

31,751

33,572

97.40

119.63

127.94

Burnley Borough Council

9,061

10,151

10,445

102.85

115.74

118.69

Bury MBC

16,531

18,466

20,550

90.78

100.63

112.35

Carlisle City Council

14,043

16,282

22,405

135.68

154.77

216.89

Chester City Council

14,362

15,543

16,095

120.69

131.05

134.46

Chorley Borough Council

15,650

18,224

19,455

151.94

175.74

187.61

Congleton Borough Council

14,370

16,000

18,938

156.54

174.29

204.96

Copeland Borough Council

9,535

9,693

10,490

135.06

135.57

149.22

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council

11,540

15,220

16,775

101.77

133.98

144.86

Eden District Council

9,021

10,487

11,059

173.47

198.61

213.91

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council

11,793

15,425

16,134

145.77

191.37

197.23

Fylde Borough Council

11,793

12,562

13,233

155.58

164.42

174.80

Halton Borough Council

15,235

16,538

17,545

128.14

139.21

146.82

Hyndburn Borough Council

6,747

8,251

8,769

82.69

101.11

106.67

Knowsley MBC

8,443

10,704

11,909

56.36

71.65

78.71

Lancaster City Council

9,055

13,253

16,390

66.24

96.04

114.62

Liverpool City Council

20,348

24,223

41,994

45.78

54.13

96.30

Macclesfield Borough Council

15,305

26,016

30,475

101.76

172.86

202.35

Manchester City Council MBC

34,419

37,021

42,423

78.76

83.91

93.86

Oldham MBC

10,065

13,001

16,292

46.11

59.31

74.19

Pendle Borough Council

9,872

10,856

11,527

110.55

121.57

127.93

Preston City Council

13,012

14,925

15,683

99.33

113.67

118.81

Ribble Valley Borough Council

4,053

4,909

5,744

71.60

86.27

99.38

Rochdale MBC

9,256

14,053

17,880

44.82

68.09

86.59

Rossendale Borough Council

5,896

6,988

8,293

89.47

105.88

124.34

Salford City Council MBC

12,768

18,261

22,568

59.00

84.38

103.52

Sefton MBC

22,184

26,272

31,650

78.72

93.53

114.10

South Lakeland District Council

11,527

16,416

20,037

112.02

159.54

191.19

South Ribble Borough Council

13,746

18,157

18,582

130.29

171.61

174.65

St. Helens MBC

14,982

17,218

20,071

84.79

97.66

113.01

Stockport MBC

37,853

37,217

39,748

134.13

132.16

141.65

Tameside MBC

12,395

20,259

22,408

58.00

94.62

104.52

Trafford MBC

15,722

23,489

25,202

73.92

110.17

118.99

Vale Royal Borough Council

21,370

24,067

25,026

171.65

193.15

198.62

Warrington Borough Council

19,485

28,871

34,072

100.59

148.28

175.63

West Lancashire District Council

13,463

16,585

18,512

123.29

151.46

168.60

Wigan MBC

28,914

35,097

42,043

94.68

114.44

137.62

Wirral MBC

16,306

19,889

43,381

52.08

63.52

139.40

Wyre Borough Council

15,808

19,849

20,338

144.63

180.61

184.22

Source:

WasteDataFlow