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Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named for one of its main settlements, Rochford, though the major centre of population in the district is the town of Rayleigh. Other places in the district include Hockley, Ashingdon, Great Wakering, Canewdon and Hullbridge. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Rayleigh Urban District and the Rochford Rural District. Rochford District is twinned with the German town of Haltern. ==Energy and environment policy== In October 2009 the Rochford District was commended at a national level for its outstanding progress in boosting domestic recycling rates from "below 20 per cent to nearly 70 per cent",〔Rochford District Council wins National Recycling Award (Rochford District Council MattersOnline )〕 in the National Recycling Awards.〔(National Recycling Awards )〕 Rochford District was nominated in the Local Authority Target Success category, and beat four other short-listed local authorities to claim the award.〔Winners 2009 (The National Recycling Award )〕 In May 2006 a report commissioned by British Gas〔(http://www.britishgasnews.co.uk/managed_content/files/pdf/greenCity.pdf ) ''britishbasnews.co.uk''〕 showed that housing in the district of Rochford produced the 9th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,219 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rochford District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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