London headline data

Household recycling rate for London from 2004 to 2010

Local authority collected waste in London from 2004 to 2010

Management of local authority collected waste in London from 2004 to 2010

Recycling services

London has 76 reuse and recycling centres operated by London waste authorities and their contractors (source: WasteDataFlow December 2009).

There are 5,674 bring banks in London (source: WasteDataFlow December 2009).

Headline demographic data

Population (Data taken from Office for National Statistics population estimates. Mid 2009 estimates)	7,619,800
Area (hectares) (Data taken from Office for National Statistics population estimates. Mid 2009 estimates)	158,670
Population density per hectare (Data taken from Office for National Statistics population estimates. Mid 2009 estimates)	63.32
Number of households (Data taken from 2001 census data provided by Office of National Statistics)	3,015,997
Percentage of households: terraced, semi-detached or detached (Data taken from WasteDataFlow)	49%
Percentage of households: flats in a converted building, purpose built block or other (Data taken from WasteDataFlow)	51%

 

European recycling rates 

Below is a graph allowing comparison between major European cities' recycling rates, with associated populations. Please note data comes from years 2005, 2006, and 2007, depending on the data available. This data was supplied by ACR+ through their Municipal Waste in Europe 2009 publication with thanks.



The table below shows the population density for each of the European cities. This data was supplied by ACR+ through their Municipal Waste in Europe 2009 publication with thanks.

	Population	Density (inhabitants  per km2)
Athens 2007	5,500,000	8,000
Berlin 2005	3,450,000	3,838
Bratislava 2005	432,393	1,216
Brussels 2005	1,031,000	6,200
Copenhagen 2005	509,861	5,774
Dublin 2005	506,211	4,402
London 2007	7,855,600	4,761
Madrid 2005	3,167,424	5,241
Paris 2005	2,166,200	20,433
Rome 2007	2,546,804	1,981
Stockholm 2006	785,885	4,200
Vienna 2005	1,651,437	3,920
Warsaw 2005	1,687,628	3,200