Waste Strategy - options for future kerbside collection service

Current kerbside waste and recycling service

Future kerbside waste and recycling service

A number of options for our future kerbside waste and recycling service have been considered based on the following criteria:

• Impacts on residents including ease of use
• Cost
• Environmental impacts
• Service flexibility - ensuring we can adapt to changes in technology, the economy and meet our climate change ambitions

Two options we are considering are:

Option A

Option B

Option A
Week 1 Food waste and household waste.
Week 2 Food waste and Recycling

Option B
For example, your collection schedule may look like this:
Week 1 Food waste and general household waste
Week 2 Food waste and recycling bin A
Week 3 Food waste, and recycling bin B.

What is the difference between option A and option B?

• Garden recycling and waste will be collected every three weeks in option B compared to every two weeks in option A.
• Of the two options, option A will require more vehicles, therefore have increased carbon emissions and cost more to deliver.
• Option B will require fewer vehicles, reducing our carbon emissions and cost less to deliver.
• Option B would achieve a higher recycling rate compared to option A.
• For option B, you would have a bigger household waste wheeled bin.

Note that both option A and option B save money and emissions compared to the current scheme. Option B would also achieve a higher recycling rate compared to the current scheme.