§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the tonnage of household recycling was in 2002–03 of the 10 local authorities in England that achieved the(a) highest and (b) lowest rates for household recycling in 2002–03. [169772]
§ Mr. MorleyProvisional results from Defra's 2002–03 Municipal Waste Management Survey indicate that the tonnage of household waste recycled and composted by the local authorities in England that achieved the 10 highest and lowest rates for household recycling and composting in 2002–03 (as measured by the Best Value Performance Indicator dataset for 2002–03), is as presented in the following table:
Local authority Type of local authority1 Tonnage of household waste recycled and composted in 2002–032 Daventry District Council WCA 16,132 Lichfield District Council WCA 17,428 Wyre District Council WCA 11,312 Melton District Council WCA 6,001 Isle of Wight District Council UA 18,823 St. Edmundsbury District Council WCA 14,258 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council UA 19,009 Forest Heath District Council WCA 7,444 Eastleigh WCA 10,759 Chiltern District Council3 WCA 7,870 Dorset County Council3 WDA 55,658 Kettering District Council WCA 1,412 North Tyneside Council UA 3,735 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council WCA 2,778 Corby District Council WCA 928 Tower Hamlets London Borough UA 2,684 Bolsover District Council WCA 1,030 Hackney London Borough WCA 2,426 Sunderland City Council UA 2,718 Barking and Dagenham London Borough WCA 2,090 Liverpool Metropolitan Borough Council WCA 3,320 1 The Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) and Unitary Authority (UA) recycling rate includes all recycling in the area, i.e. the amount recycled by the authority through its own civic amenity sites plus the amount recycled by its constituent collection authorities through bring or kerbside collection schemes. Waste Collection Authorities' (WCA) rates do not take account of waste deposited at civic amenity sites for recycling or disposal. 2 The tonnage of household waste sent for recycling and composting by each local authority is not collected with the Best Value Performance Indicator dataset. The tonnages given are collected through the Municipal Waste Management Survey 2002–03. 3 Joint tenth place.