{"id":25607,"date":"2025-04-16T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25607\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:00:19","slug":"decision-on-weekly-food-waste-collections-in-black-country-borough-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25607\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision on weekly food waste collections in Black Country Borough due"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2021\/30\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environment Act 2021<\/a>, all local authorities must introduce weekly food waste collections from all households by March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Two options for the delivery of the new service will be presented at the meeting on Wednesday night (April 16) by portfolio holder for street pride at <a href=\"https:\/\/go.walsall.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsall Council<\/a>, councillor Kerry Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Option one would see residents issued with a small kitchen caddy for daily use and a larger kerbside caddy that is presented weekly for collection.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food waste<\/a> would be sent to a treatment facility where it is used to create fertiliser and biogas by a process known as anaerobic digestion.<\/p>\n<p>The biogas produced can be used to generate green electricity or power vehicles, while the fertiliser is used in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>The cost per tonne for disposal of food waste via anaerobic digestion is less than that for incineration or landfill and can be carried out within the Birmingham region.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that option one would require additional revenue funding of \u00a31.7m.<\/p>\n<p>The second, more expensive, option is to introduce weekly mixed brown bin collections of food and garden waste.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9bfc9807-0862-4758-a036-6258cff07cde.jpeg\"   alt=\"Credit walsall council &#13;&#10;Permission for use for LDR partners \" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Credit walsall council &#13;<br \/>\nPermission for use for LDR partners <\/p>\n<p>Currently, only garden waste can go into the brown bin, which is collected fortnightly between spring and autumn each year.<\/p>\n<p>If option two is chosen, food waste will also be accepted, and the collections will become weekly and run throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>The food and garden waste would be disposed of via in-vessel composting, which the council says is \u2018considerably more expensive\u2019 than anaerobic digestion.<\/p>\n<p>It also said there is very limited capacity for in-vessel composting, and waste may have to be transported long distances for disposal.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that option two would require an additional revenue funding of \u00a32.6m.<\/p>\n<p>According to Walsall Council, food waste collections could remove around 6,000 \u2013 10,000 tonnes of waste from going to landfill, depending on residents\u2019 participation.<\/p>\n<p>A review took place in 2023 analysing what Walsall residents put in their green recycling bins and grey bins.<\/p>\n<p>It found that food waste made up 40 per cent of what we put in our grey bins, equating to 28,500 tonnes, and nearly a third of that food waste was still in its original packaging.<\/p>\n<p>The Waste and Resources Action Programme noted that most local authorities will be undertaking similar exciserises to introduce the compulsory service.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing demand may cause procurement bottlenecks, supply chain pressures and inflated prices for containers and vehicles, impacting the council\u2019s ability to deliver the service before the March deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under the Environment Act 2021, all local 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