FOI release

Freedom of Information request - Missed recycling and waste collection statistics

Case reference FOI2026/00064

Received 15 October 2026

Published 19 October 2026

Request

I originally made this request to Oxford City Council (see https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/missed_recycling_and_waste_colle) who referred me on to you. On the City Council's website there is a form for residents to report a missed recycling and waste collection: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/xfp/form/216 I am interested in statistics on missed collections from this form's submissions. I would like one full year's worth of data. You are free to choose how to define a year - it could be financial year, calendar year, or some other twelve-month reporting period. My preference would be to receive a raw dataset so that I can perform analysis on the data myself, but if that's not possible I would particularly like to know: How many missed collections were reported in total. How this figure breaks down by type - recycling, food waste, etc. How many households reported multiple missed collections in the reporting period. What the highest number of missed collections reported by a single household was.

Response

See attached

Documents

• Missed Bins.xlsx (324.0 KB)

This is Oxford Direct Services' response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.