Thank you to everyone for helping us recycle even more. Our recycling service has helped us increase the kerbside recycling rates across the borough of Rochdale. With your help we can recycle even more and reach our average kerbside target of 54% in 2019-2020.
More recycling means we spend less on waste disposal, helping us to protect other essential services.
The monthly figures in the table below are based on kerbside bin collection tonnages.
| Month | 2021 recycling rate | 2020 recycling rate | 2019 recycling rate | 2018 recycling rate |
|---|
| January | 54.3% | 51% | 50.5% | 51% |
| February | 55.4% | 45.6% | 49.2% | 48.1% |
| March | 59% | 51.5% | 51% | 49% |
| April | | 57.8% | 56.4% | 55.7% |
| May | | 58.7% | 57.9% | 60.7% |
| June | | 59.1% | 58% | 59% |
| July | | 55% | 59% | 56.3% |
| August | | 57.3% | 56.1% | 55.9% |
| September | | 56.3% | 55.2% | 54.8% |
| October | | 50.9% | 55.6% | 54.4% |
| November | | 52.8% | 54.5% | 52.2% |
| December | | 55.2% | 48.7% | 51% |
How our recycling rates compare to other councils
You can view a league table which ranks councils by how much they've recycled throughout the whole year.
These league tables show how our recycling rates compare to other councils in England.
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Find your nearest waste and recycling site
Find your nearest waste and recycling site or go to
Recycle for Greater Manchester for information about what you can recycle in your bins.
What happens to your recycling
Items you send for recycling can be recycled or reused. Select an item to find out what happens to the recycling you take to any of the waste and recycling sites across Greater Manchester.
Find out what happens to your waste