Weekly food waste collections will be rolled out by the council in Swindon this autumn.
Weekly food waste recycling collections are due to be rolled out by the council in Swindon this autumn.
"About 40% of our current black wheelie bin waste in terms of weight is food waste, and actually there's an opportunity to recycle that and increase our recycling rate overall."General waste collected in wheelie bin or blue bagsGlass recycling collected in one of the existing black/orange recycling boxesFood waste collected in large outdoor food waste bin General waste and household recycling will continue to be collected every two weeks, with food waste collected weekly.
It follows a trial of weekly food waste collections which 11,000 households in Swindon have been part of since 2019.The council is also spending £7m on new recycling lorries which will replace its current fleet. The new containers cost £600,000.
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