Another 2,400 Exeter homes are getting food waste collections, bringing the total to around half the city. Over 5,000 homes were added last month. The latest areas include parts of Cowick, St Thomas and Exwick, as the rollout continues citywide.
Half of Exeter’s homes will soon be receiving food waste collections as another 2,400 homes in the city are added to the service.
Exeter City Council said that over 5,000 homes had been added to the service in the last month alone.
The latest homes to get the service will be in parts of Cowick, St Thomas and Exwick, as plans to get the whole of the city involved continue to progress.
The latest additions will bring the number of homes receiving the service to roughly half of Exeter’s properties.
Cllr Ruth Williams, Lead Councillor for City Management said that since introducing the service, the city’s recycling rate had increased. “That’s great news for Exeter,” she added.
The latest properties will start receiving collections from Thursday 3 July.
Those homes involved will be receiving a pack containing information about the collections and caddy stickers during the week commencing Monday 16 June.
Caddies – one black 23 litre kerbside caddy with a red lid and one 5 litre grey/silver kitchen caddy – will be delivered from Monday 23 June. This should take a few days.
Some larger blocks served by bin stores will be issued with communal food bins along with enough kitchen caddies for each flat.
Cllr Williams, said: “We continue to work 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 more 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.
“Once 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.
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