Household Waste Collection Consultation 2024

Purpose of this consultation

'Simpler Recycling Scheme' legislation announced by the Government in October 2023 means that all local authorities must collect food waste from their residents on a weekly basis by no later than 1 April 2026.

We don’t know how much funding we will receive from Government to compensate the council for introducing these changes, which are forecast to be an additional circa £1.5M per annum, and there’s a significant risk that the funding won’t cover the costs in full. Along with the introduction of weekly food waste collection and to encourage our residents to reduce, reuse and recycle more of their waste, we are proposing to move collection of black bins to every three weeks.

Please note that in late 2023, a consultation was launched by the Government which included draft guidance requiring councils to collect residual (black bin) waste each fortnight as a minimum. If this guidance is passed by Government through the Parliamentary process, we could not make these proposed changes to black bin collections. However, we are seeking views on the proposal now so that we are in a position to move forward with what is the most cost effective and least risky solution for introducing weekly food waste collections, which can also meet the deadline previously set by the Government.

Approval to start consultation relating to a move to three-weekly black bin collections, was given during the  18th July Environment and Communities Committee (item 6).

The results of this consultation will be brought back to the Environment and Communities Committee at a later date, and will form part of the evidence base in support of a future decision around implementation

Submitting your comments

Please submit your consultation response by 20 October 2024 by completing this questionnaire. 

For any queries about this consultation, e.g. if you would like to receive this questionnaire in an alternative format or submit your response in a different way, please email the Research and Consultation Team CEConsultation@cheshireeast.gov.uk. If you do not have email access, please call Customer Services on 0300 123 5011  who will send the response on your behalf.

Once the consultation closes, we will analyse all responses, produce a summary report of them, and publish this online on our consultation results webpage.

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