How often is food waste collected?
Your food waste is collected once a week on the same day as the rest of your waste.
Use the button below and input your postcode to find your collection dates.
Home composting
You can also compost your food waste for your own use, eg in your garden or allotment.
Order a compost bin with getcomposting
How to store your food waste
Each property gets a 5 litre caddy to use indoors and a 23 litre caddy to store outside. If you live in a flat you'll have a small caddy and a large communal bin.
- Keep your food waste in the small caddy somewhere inside your home, eg in your kitchen
- When your caddy's full, move your waste out to the bigger food waste bin for collection
The council doesn't collect from small caddies.
Compostable liners
You can use compostable liners or paper (eg newspaper or kitchen roll) to line your caddy if you want to. Don't use plastic bags.
You can buy food caddy liners made from corn starch or paper from most supermarkets and hardware shops. You can also buy them online from various sources, including:
- the council's partner, Get Composting
What you can put in your caddy
Place any solid food waste, raw or cooked, into your caddy, for example:
- meat, chicken and fish, with and without bones
- eggs and eggshells
- dairy products, eg cheese and yogurts
- bread, pasta and rice
- tea bags and coffee grounds
Don't place anything that's not solid food into your caddy, eg oils and liquids, nappies, soil or rubble, or packaging of any sort.
How to get a new caddy
If one of your caddies is damaged or missing, you can request a new or replacement bin
You'll normally have to pay a charge to repair or replace caddies.
What about damaged communal bins?
For communal bins shared by flats, the landlord or letting agent should report losses or damage. They are also responsible for the costs of repair or replacement.