New weekly food waste collection service could be introduced in Herefordshire

Changes to Herefordshire's recycling and waste collection and waste disposal services will be discussed by councillors next week.

Herefordshire Council said it received over 3,600 responses to its consultation earlier in the year.

In response, 86 per cent said ‘more needs to be done to reduce rubbish and increase recycling’; while 60 per cent accepted ‘the need to change the current rubbish and recycling system’. Over half (56 per cent) of residents favour a separate food waste collection.

If agreed, from late 2023, the changes will see a new weekly food waste collection service and a fortnightly seasonal garden waste collection service. Currently 40 per cent of the contents of the county’s residual waste bins could be recycled and residents have told us more needs to be done.

Herefordshire Council has proposed an alternate three-weekly collection service of paper and card on week 1, plastic, cans and glass on week 2 and all other residual waste of week 3.

The council’s contract with the current waste and recycling collection partner is due to end in 2023 and cannot be extended.