England: waste collected per household by region 2023

North East England was the region of England with the largest amount of residual waste collected per household for the year ended March 2023, with 596 kilograms per household. West Midlands ranked second, with more than 550 kilograms per household collected. Meanwhile, England's South West had the highest recycling rate of local authority collected waste that year.

Residual waste collected by local authorities per household in England from financial year 2011 to 2023, by region (in kilograms)

Characteristic	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	Eastern	London	South East	South West
2022/23	596	494	505	540	559	508	499	492	456
2021/22	619	531	535	576	600	536	538	518	485
2020/21	635	558	549	590	607	540	544	529	490
2019/20	585	526	504	555	579	503	531	506	471
2018/19	588	525	520	560	586	514	544	521	470
2017/18	597	539	533	563	588	516	554	536	486
2016/17	609	544	548	560	594	526	573	562	509
2015/16	605	536	555	565	596	527	593	581	516
2014/15	588	527	543	563	577	531	589	580	525
2013/14	583	530	534	546	582	528	576	588	526
2012/13	593	548	543	537	557	525	569	575	516
2011/12	607	581	570	545	574	525	585	592	530
2010/11	636	634	609	569	597	541	608	624	550

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2010 to 2023

Special properties

Financial year ending March 31

Supplementary notes

Residual household waste (RHW) refers to the mixed waste generated in households that remains after source separating hazardous waste and recyclables.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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