Highest performing London Borough: 18.20% (Harrow)

Average London rate: 6.22% (collection and unitary authorities)

Average England rate: 12.23% (collection and unitary authorities)

Authority	Composting (%)
Harrow	18.20
Bexley	17.62
Hillingdon	12.58
Barnet	12.42
Richmond upon Thames	11.54
Enfield	10.11
Waltham Forest	10.05
Sutton	9.86
Brent	8.90
Ealing	7.86
Havering	7.82
Bromley	6.84
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	6.66
Haringey	6.57
Hackney	6.53
Croydon	6.29
Barking and Dagenham	5.58
Islington	5.41
Redbridge	5.00
Greenwich	4.78
Hounslow	4.26
Southwark	4.02
Merton	3.75
Camden	3.23
Lambeth	2.58
Newham	2.06
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.50
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	0.90
Westminster	0.84
Lewisham	0.58
City of London	0.38
Wandsworth	0.29
Tower Hamlets	0.15

What is the highest performer doing?

Since July 2006 recycling and composting in the London Borough of Harrow has

been compulsory.  Harrow provides a brown bin scheme to 70,000 households

for mixed  kitchen waste (inclusive of meat and bones) and green garden waste.  

The service will also collect animal bedding and untreated wood.  Collections are

made weekly.  This service collects an average of 232 kilograms per household

per year (download a summary table of kg/hh/yr for all the London

Boroughs below).  As Harrow is an outer London Borough it is likely that there is more

garden waste available for collection compared to the inner London Boroughs.

Click here for more information about waste and recycling in Harrow.

This analysis is based on data downloaded from www.wastedataflow.org in 2008 and information from borough sources provided for www.capitalwastefacts.com.