Why we are still waiting for food waste collections

GOVERNMENT EXTENDS DELIVERY DEADLINE FOR CITY AND COUNTY

- By OLIVER PRIDMORE

NEW government rules requiring all councils to carry out weekly food waste collections have come into force across the country - but households in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire may not be getting one for years.

County residents will have to wait about a year and a half until their food waste collection service begins, while the city's scheme will not be fully up and running until the end of the decade.

Dozens of councils across the country have said they are not ready to provide the food waste collection service and the government has threatened judicial review for authorities not meeting the March 31 deadline - but councils in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham have an agreement for their deadline extensions.

The previous government announced nearly £300 million of funding for councils to support them in meeting the March 31, 2026, deadline to bring in weekly kerbside food waste collections.