New weekly food waste collection service
In Spring 2026, we will start a new weekly food waste collection service, in-line with government legislation, Simpler Recycling.
Brown bins for garden waste will continue to be collected fortnightly but will be for garden waste only.
Each household will receive a 5 litre kitchen caddy and a 23 litre outdoor caddy for food waste. Flats that currently have shared communal bins for refuse and recycling will receive a shared wheeled bin for food waste. All flats will receive individual kitchen caddies.
The new service aims to reduce food waste in refuse bins, which is currently around 35 percent, and improve recycling. Recycling food waste is also better for the environment. All types of food both cooked and uncooked, (without packaging) can be recycled.
The rest of the waste and recycling service remains unchanged.
For more information please see our Food Waste web page.