Food Waste Collections To Be Introduced Across Harborough
Written by HFM News on 15th February 2024
Food waste collections are to be introduced across Harborough.
The District Council has begun planning for them following the government’s new requirement for all local authorities to provide such a service by April 2026.
The cost of the scheme, including providing storage caddies to households and purchasing new collection vehicles, is set to be fully-funded by government, but the council says the initial allocation of £920,000 is not enough and is to request more.
Food waste collection will be introduced across Harborough
A food waste service has been run by the council in the past, but was scrapped in 2012 due to low usage.
The new collections are set to start in April 2026 and Cllr Darren Woodiwiss, cabinet lead for Environmental and Climate change and spoke to HFM about the plans:
