Beyond Deptford

London hit a recycling wall

0%10%20%30%40%50% 1998/992004/052012/132016/172024/25

Household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting. Data: London Datastore; Defra.

London's recycling rate kept rising into the early 2010s and peaked at 34.0% in 2012/13. Since then it has drifted slightly down, ending at 32.6% in 2024/25. England also flattened off, but at a level roughly ten percentage points higher.

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Elia Kabanov

References
  1. Household Waste Recycling Rates. London Datastore.
  2. Local authority collected waste management statistics. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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