
Another 2,800 homes in Exeter are set to receive weekly food waste collections. The new additions will mean nearly half the city is now receiving the service.
The latest roll-out of kerbside collections will cover areas of Newtown and St Leonards, Pennsylvania, Heavitree and St James, as plans to get the whole city involved continue to take shape.
The latest additions will bring the number of homes receiving the service to around 29,000 – just under half of Exeter’s properties.
Cllr Ruth Williams, Lead Councillor for City Management said: “Since introducing the service, we’ve seen the city’s recycling rate increase, which is great news for Exeter.”
The latest properties will start receiving collections from Wednesday 4 June.
Those homes involved will be receiving a pack containing information about the collections and caddy stickers.
Caddies – one black 23 litre kerbside caddy with a red lid and one 5 litre grey/silver kitchen caddy – will be delivered from Tuesday 27 May. Some larger blocks served by bin stores will be issued with communal food bins along with enough kitchen caddies for each flat.
Cllr Ruth Williams, added: “We’re working hard to reach everyone as soon as possible, and following works being carried out to the Council’s depot, further roll-out will continue, with another two food waste vehicles collecting from households by the end of 2025.”
The city’s food waste gets diverted to anaerobic digestion, where it ends up as a soil improver and fertiliser as well as generating electricity.
“Again, I would like to ask people to please be patient as we continue to roll out to more parts of the city,” said Cllr Williams.