Food waste

Every council in England now has to carry out weekly food waste collections from households. This is a new legal requirement by the Government.

Food waste collections are an important part of increasing the amount of waste we recycle, reducing our impact on the environment and helping to tackle climate change. Food waste makes up about 30% of the average household waste bin. By using your food caddy, you will free up space in your bin and help cut down on the amount of waste going to incineration.

How is food waste collected?

Please place your outside food container out for collection by 7am (or 6am where this is already required) on the day of collection, at the boundary of your property, or at your usual collection point. Collection crews will then empty your outside food waste container.

How to report a missed food waste collection? 

Before reporting a missed food waste collection please use our postcode lookup to check you have the correct collection day. 

If your collection has been missed, you need to let us know either on the collection day or by close of business the next working day. You can report a missed collection on our online form from 8pm on the day of collection until 5pm the next working day. This is the quickest way to report this to us. 

Want to know more?

To find out more about the new food waste service, please visit our FAQs page.