Policy paper

Annex B: Local authority groupings

Published 20 December 2024

1. Dry recycling groups

Group D1

• Aberdeenshire Council
• Argyll and Bute Council
• Armagh City
• Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
• Babergh District Council
• Bassetlaw District Council
• Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
• Breckland District Council, Broadland District Council
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
• Ceredigion County Council
• Chichester District Council
• Clackmannanshire Council
• Denbighshire County Council
• Derbyshire Dales District Council
• East Cambridgeshire District Council
• East Lindsey District Council
• Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
• Harborough District Council
• Horsham District Council
• Huntingdonshire District Council
• Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
• Mid Devon District Council
• Mid Suffolk District Council
• Mid Ulster District Council
• Newark and Sherwood District Council, Newry
• Mourne and Down District Council
• North Kesteven District Council
• North Norfolk District Council
• North Warwickshire Borough Council
• Northumberland County Council
• Perth and Kinross Council
• Rushcliffe Borough Council
• Rutland County Council
• Scottish Borders Council
• Sevenoaks District Council
• South Cambridgeshire District Council
• South Hams District Council
• South Holland District Council
• South Norfolk District Council
• Stirling Council
• Stratford-on-Avon District Council
• The Highland Council
• Uttlesford District Council
• West Lindsey District Council
• West Suffolk Council

Group D2

• Adur District Council
• Angus Council
• Arun District Council
• Ashford Borough Council
• Blaby District Council
• Braintree District Council
• Bromsgrove District Council
• Cambridge City Council
• Cannock Chase District Council
• Central Bedfordshire Council
• Charnwood Borough Council
• Cherwell District Council
• Cheshire East Council
• Dacorum Borough Council
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• East Suffolk Council
• Elmbridge Borough Council
• Erewash Borough Council
• Fareham Borough Council
• Fenland District Council
• Gravesham Borough Council
• Great Yarmouth Borough Council
• Guildford Borough Council
• Herefordshire Council
• High Peak Borough Council
• Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
• Lewes District Council
• Lichfield District Council
• Maidstone Borough Council
• Malvern Hills District Council
• Melton Borough Council
• Mid Sussex District Council
• Mole Valley District Council
• North Northamptonshire Council
• Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
• Redditch Borough Council
• Rochford District Council
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Rugby Borough Council
• Runnymede Borough Council
• South Kesteven District Council
• South Oxfordshire District Council
• South Staffordshire Council
• Spelthorne Borough Council
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
• Surrey Heath Borough Council
• Swale Borough Council
• Tamworth Borough Council
• Tandridge District Council
• Test Valley Borough Council
• Tewkesbury Borough Council
• Three Rivers District Council
• Vale of Glamorgan Council
• Vale of White Horse District Council
• Watford Borough Council
• Waverley Borough Council
• Wealden District Council
• West Northamptonshire Council
• Woking Borough Council
• Wokingham Borough Council
• Worcester City Council
• Worthing Borough Council
• Wychavon District Council
• Wyre Forest District Council

Group D3

• Brighton and Hove City Council
• Glasgow City Council
• London Borough of Barnet
• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Camden
• London Borough of Ealing
• London Borough of Enfield
• London Borough of Hackney
• London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
• London Borough of Haringey
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Lewisham
• London Borough of Newham
• London Borough of Southwark
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• Oxford City Council
• Portsmouth City Council
• Royal Borough of Greenwich
• West Dunbartonshire Council

Group D4

• Amber Valley Borough Council
• Ards and North Down Borough Council
• Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
• Bolsover District Council
• Brentwood Borough Council
• Buckinghamshire Council
• Canterbury City Council
• Castle Point Borough Council
• Chorley Borough Council
• Dartford Borough Council
• Dorset Council
• Dover District Council
• Durham County Council
• East Devon District Council
• East Hampshire District Council
• East Hertfordshire District Council
• East Lothian Council
• East Staffordshire Borough Council
• Eastleigh Borough Council
• Epping Forest District Council
• Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
• Folkestone and Hythe District Council
• Fylde Borough Council
• Gedling Borough Council
• Hart District Council
• Hertsmere Borough Council
• East Staffordshire Borough Council
• Eastleigh Borough Council
• Epping Forest District Council
• Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
• Folkestone and Hythe District Council
• Fylde Borough Council
• Gedling Borough Council
• Hart District Council
• Hertsmere Borough Council
• Lancaster City Council
• Maldon District Council
• Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
• New Forest District Council
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
• North East Derbyshire District Council
• North Hertfordshire District Council
• Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
• Ribble Valley Borough Council
• Rother District Council
• Shropshire Council
• Somerset Council
• South Derbyshire District Council
• South Ribble Borough Council
• St Albans City and District Council
• Stafford Borough Council
• Stroud District Council
• Tendring District Council
• Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
• Warwick District Council
• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
• West Lancashire Borough Council
• Wiltshire Council
• Winchester City Council
• Wyre Borough Council
• Aberdeen City Council

Group D5

• Bedford Borough Council
• Belfast City Council
• Boston Borough Council
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
• Bracknell Forest Council
• Caerphilly County Borough Council
• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
• City of Cardiff Council
• City of Lincoln Council
• City of Wolverhampton Council
• Coventry City Council
• Crawley Borough Council
• Derby City Council
• Derry City and Strabane District Council
• Eastbourne Borough Council
• Exeter City Council
• Gosport Borough Council
• Halton Borough Council
• Harlow District Council
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• Hastings Borough Council
• Havant Borough Council
• Hull City Council
• Inverclyde Council
• Ipswich Borough Council
• Kirklees Council
• Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leeds City Council
• Leicester City Council
• Liverpool City Council
• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Havering
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• Mansfield District Council
• Middlesbrough Borough Council
• Norwich City Council
• Peterborough City Council
• Plymouth City Council
• Reading Borough Council
• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
• Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Slough Borough Council
• Thurrock Council
• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
• Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
• Warrington Borough Council
• West Lothian Council
• Wirral Borough Council

Group D6

• Cornwall Council
• Cotswold District Council
• Cumberland Council
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• East Ayrshire Council
• Forest of Dean District Council
• Gwynedd Council
• Isle of Anglesey County Council
• Monmouthshire County Council
• North Devon District Council
• North Lincolnshire Council
• North West Leicestershire District Council
• North Yorkshire Council
• Pembrokeshire County Council
• Powys County Council
• Teignbridge District Council
• The Moray Council
• Torridge District Council
• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
• West Berkshire Council
• West Devon Borough Council
• West Oxfordshire District Council
• Westmorland and Furness Council

Group D7

• Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
•  Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
•  Bridgend County Borough Council
•  Bristol City Council
•  Broxbourne Borough Council
•  Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Chelmsford City Council
•  Cheltenham Borough Council
•  Cheshire West and Chester Council
•  City and County of Swansea Council
•  City of York Council
•  Colchester Borough Council
•  Conwy County Borough Council
•  Darlington Borough Council
•  Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Falkirk Council
•  Flintshire County Council
•  Hyndburn Borough Council
•  London Borough of Bexley
•  London Borough of Hounslow
•  Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
•  Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
•  Newport City Council
•  North East Lincolnshire Council
•  North Somerset  Council
•  South Ayrshire Council
•  South Gloucestershire Council
•  St Helens Council
•  Stevenage Borough Council
•  Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
•  Swindon Borough Council
•  Wrexham County Borough Council

Group D8

• City of Edinburgh Council
• City of London Corporation
• City of Westminster
• London Borough of Islington
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Group D9

• Ashfield District Council
•  Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Basildon Borough Council
•  Bath and North East Somerset Council
•  Birmingham City Council
•  Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
•  Blackpool Borough Council
•  Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Broxtowe Borough Council
•  Burnley Borough Council
•  Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Chesterfield Borough Council
•  Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Dundee City Council
•  East Dunbartonshire Council
•  East Renfrewshire Council
•  Fife Council
•  Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Gloucester City Council
•  Isle of Wight Council
•  London Borough of Bromley
•  London Borough of Croydon
•  London Borough of Merton
•  London Borough of Redbridge
•  London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
•  London Borough of Sutton
•  Luton Borough Council
•  Manchester City Council
•  Medway Council
•  Midlothian Council
•  Milton Keynes Council
•  Newcastle City Council
•  North Ayrshire Council
•  North Lanarkshire Council
•  North Tyneside Council
•  Nottingham City Council
•  Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
•  Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Pendle Borough Council
•  Preston City Council
•  Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
•  Renfrewshire Council
•  Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
•  Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Rossendale Borough Council
•  Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
•  Rushmoor Borough Council
•  Salford City Council
•  Sheffield City Council
•  Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
•  South Lanarkshire Council
•  South Tyneside Council
•  Southampton City Council
•  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
•  Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Stoke-on-Trent City Council
•  Sunderland City Council
•  Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Telford & Wrekin Council
•  Thanet District Council
•  Torbay Council
•  Torfaen County Borough Council
•  Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
•  Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Group D10

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
• Council of the Isles of Scilly
• Orkney Islands Council
• Shetland Islands Council

2. Residual local authority groups

Group R1

• Aberdeen City Council
• Brighton and Hove City Council
• Glasgow City Council
• London Borough of Barnet
• London Borough of Bexley
• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Croydon
• London Borough of Ealing
• London Borough of Enfield
• London Borough of Hackney
• London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
• London Borough of Haringey
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Hounslow
• London Borough of Lewisham
• London Borough of Merton
• London Borough of Newham
• London Borough of Redbridge
• London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• London Borough of Sutton
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• Manchester City Council
• Oxford City Council
• Royal Borough of Greenwich
• Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames ###

Group R2

• Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
• Ards and North Down Borough Council
• Ashford Borough Council
• Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
• Bassetlaw District Council
• Bedford Borough Council
• Blaby District Council
• Bolsover District Council
• Braintree District Council
• Brentwood Borough Council
• Bromsgrove District Council
• Central Bedfordshire Council
• Charnwood Borough Council
• Chelmsford City Council
• Cherwell District Council
• Cheshire West and Chester Council
• Chorley Borough Council
• Cumberland Council
• Dover District Council
• Durham County Council
• East Hampshire District Council
• East Hertfordshire District Council
• East Suffolk Council
• Epping Forest District Council
• Folkestone and Hythe District Council
• Fylde Borough Council
• Gedling Borough Council
• Great Yarmouth Borough Council
• Hart District Council
• High Peak Borough Council
• Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
• Lancaster City Council
• Lichfield District Council
• Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
• Melton Borough Council
• Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
• Midlothian Council
• New Forest District Council
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
• North East Derbyshire District Council
• North Lincolnshire Council
• North Northamptonshire Council
• North West Leicestershire District Council
• Northumberland County Council
• Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
• Rugby Borough Council
• Sevenoaks District Council
• South Derbyshire District Council
• South Kesteven District Council
• South Staffordshire Council
• Stafford Borough Council
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
• Swale Borough Council
• Tendring District Council
• Test Valley Borough Council
• Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
• West Berkshire Council
• West Lancashire Borough Council
• West Northamptonshire Council
• West Suffolk Council
• Wyre Borough Council
• Wyre Forest District Council ###

Group R3

• Arun District Council
• Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Bournemouth
• Christchurch and Poole Council
• Bristol City Council
• Broxbourne Borough Council
• Broxtowe Borough Council
• Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
• Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
• Castle Point Borough Council
• Chesterfield Borough Council
• Crawley Borough Council
• Darlington Borough Council
• Dundee City Council
• Eastbourne Borough Council
• Exeter City Council
• Gloucester City Council
• Gosport Borough Council
• Gravesham Borough Council
• Harlow District Council
• Hastings Borough Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Newcastle City Council
• North Lanarkshire Council
• North Tyneside Council
• Norwich City Council
• Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
• Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
• Plymouth City Council
• Portsmouth City Council
• Renfrewshire Council
• Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
• Rushmoor Borough Council
• Salford City Council
• Sheffield City Council
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
• South Lanarkshire Council
• South Ribble Borough Council
• Southampton City Council
• Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
• Stevenage Borough Council
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Telford & Wrekin Council
• Thanet District Council
• Torbay Council
• Warrington Borough Council
• West Dunbartonshire Council
• Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
• Worcester City Council
• Worthing Borough Council ###

Group R4

• Babergh District Council
• Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
• Breckland District Council
• Broadland District Council
• Chichester District Council
• Cornwall Council
• Cotswold District Council
• Derbyshire Dales District Council
• Dorset Council
• East Cambridgeshire District Council
• East Devon District Council
• East Lindsey District Council
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• Forest of Dean District Council
• Harborough District Council
• Herefordshire Council
• Horsham District Council
• Huntingdonshire District Council
• Maldon District Council
• Malvern Hills District Council
• Mid Devon District Council
• Mid Suffolk District Council
• Newark and Sherwood District Council
• North Devon District Council
• North Kesteven District Council
• North Norfolk District Council
• North Warwickshire Borough Council
• North Yorkshire Council
• Ribble Valley Borough Council
• Rother District Council
• Rushcliffe Borough Council
• Rutland County Council
• Shropshire Council
• Somerset Council
• South Cambridgeshire District Council
• South Hams District Council
• South Holland District Council
• South Norfolk District Council
• South Oxfordshire District Council
• Stratford-on-Avon District Council
• Teignbridge District Council
• Torridge District Council
• Uttlesford District Council
• Vale of White Horse District Council
• Wealden District Council
• West Devon Borough Council
• West Lindsey District Council
• West Oxfordshire District Council
• Westmorland and Furness Council
• Wiltshire Council
• Winchester City Council
• Wychavon District Council ###

Group R5

• City of Edinburgh Council
• City of London Corporation
• City of Westminster
• London Borough of Camden
• London Borough of Islington
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Southwark
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ###

R6 ### Adur District Council

• Bath and North East Somerset Council
• Bracknell Forest Council
• Buckinghamshire Council
• Cambridge City Council
• Canterbury City Council
• Cheltenham Borough Council
• Cheshire East Council
• City of York Council
• Colchester Borough Council
• Dacorum Borough Council
• East Renfrewshire Council
• Eastleigh Borough Council
• Elmbridge Borough Council
• Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
• Fareham Borough Council
• Guildford Borough Council
• Hertsmere Borough Council
• Lewes District Council
• London Borough of Bromley
• Maidstone Borough Council
• Mid Sussex District Council
• Mole Valley District Council
• North Hertfordshire District Council
• North Somerset  Council
• Reading Borough Council
• Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
• Rochford District Council
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Runnymede Borough Council
• South Gloucestershire Council
• Spelthorne Borough Council
• St Albans City and District Council
• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
• Stroud District Council
• Surrey Heath Borough Council
• Tandridge District Council
• Tewkesbury Borough Council
• Three Rivers District Council
• Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
• Warwick District Council
• Watford Borough Council
• Waverley Borough Council
• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
• Woking Borough Council
• Wokingham Borough Council ###

Group R7

• Aberdeenshire Council
• Angus Council
• Argyll and Bute Council
• Armagh City
• Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
• Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
• Ceredigion County Council
• Clackmannanshire Council
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• East Ayrshire Council
• East Lothian Council
• Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
• Gwynedd Council
• Isle of Anglesey County Council
• Mid Ulster District Council
• Newry
• Mourne and Down District Council
• Pembrokeshire County Council
• Perth and Kinross Council
• Powys County Council
• Scottish Borders Council
• Stirling Council
• The Highland Council
• The Moray Council ###

Group R8

• Amber Valley Borough Council
• Ashfield District Council
• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Basildon Borough Council
• Belfast City Council
• Birmingham City Council
• Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
• Blackpool Borough Council
• Boston Borough Council
• Burnley Borough Council
• Cannock Chase District Council
• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
• City of Lincoln Council
• City of Wolverhampton Council
• Coventry City Council
• Dartford Borough Council
• Derby City Council
• Derry City and Strabane District Council
• Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
• East Dunbartonshire Council
• East Staffordshire Borough Council
• Erewash Borough Council
• Fenland District Council
• Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
• Halton Borough Council
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• Havant Borough Council
• Hull City Council
• Hyndburn Borough Council
• Ipswich Borough Council
• Kirklees Council
• Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leeds City Council
• Leicester City Council
• Liverpool City Council
• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• London Borough of Havering
• Luton Borough Council
• Mansfield District Council
• Medway Council
• Middlesbrough Borough Council
• North East Lincolnshire Council
• Nottingham City Council
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
• Pendle Borough Council
• Peterborough City Council
• Preston City Council
• Redditch Borough Council
• Rossendale Borough Council
• Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
• Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Slough Borough Council
• South Tyneside Council
• St Helens Council
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council
• Sunderland City Council
• Swindon Borough Council
• Tamworth Borough Council
• Thurrock Council
• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
• Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
• Wirral Borough Council ###

Group R9

• Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
• Bridgend County Borough Council
• Caerphilly County Borough Council
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• City and County of Swansea Council
• City of Cardiff Council
• Conwy County Borough Council
• Denbighshire County Council
• Falkirk Council
• Fife Council
• Flintshire County Council
• Inverclyde Council
• Isle of Wight Council
• Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
• Monmouthshire County Council
• Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
• Newport City Council
• North Ayrshire Council
• Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
• South Ayrshire Council
• Torfaen County Borough Council
• Vale of Glamorgan Council
• West Lothian Council
• Wrexham County Borough Council

Group R10

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
• Council of the Isles of Scilly
• Orkney Islands Council
• Shetland Islands Councill