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 annuum, 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 submit your consultation response by 20 October 2024 by completing this questionnaire.
See here for the details: https://surveys.cheshireeast.gov.uk/s/HouseholdWaste2024/
