Bin collections for some Lancashire households will be changing

Households in a part of Lancashire will see a change in the way their food waste is collected in the future. South Ribble residents will be provided with kitchen and kerbside ‘caddies’ to store their food waste when collections begin in two years.

When the liners are full, they can then be deposited directly into the larger food waste bin outside – which would also then remain unsoiled. South Ribble Borough Council’s cabinet has given the go-ahead to the procurement of the caddies, as well the new bin lorries that will be required to collect food from households on a weekly basis from April 2026, as required under national legislation.

Cabinet member for neighbourhoods and waste services Aniela Bylinski Gelder said waste collection was “the most front-facing service that residents receive from the council” – and so the new food collection element needed to be easy to use. On the broader waste consultation to be carried out, council leader Paul Foster said the collection service already works well, but the authority is “relying on our residents to tell us what’s best”.

Cllr Foster told the cabinet meeting at which South Ribble’s food waste measures were approved that the county council’s plan was akin to creating “a landfill site with a roof over it, right in the heart of our community”. He called for “dialogue” with the upper-tier authority, including over the influx of refuse vehicles to what he described as “the single most congested area in South Ribble”.

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