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Route to recycling food waste total in just a month is same weight as 33 double deckers. (Barton Bus image: Credit: Chris Sampson)

Borough Council praises residents for getting on board with new recycling scheme

Food waste that has been recycled thanks to Erewash residents using dedicated new bins has topped 257 tonnes in just over a month - equivalent in weight to THIRTY-THREE double-decker buses. The borough council issued an update showing how local people have got on board with veg peelings, plate scrapings and other leftovers including tea bags being turned into biofuel and fertiliser. The authority’s weekly collections, which started in April, have been an even bigger success than previously thought. The […]

22 May 2026 9

An EBC food waste collection vehicle (Credit; EBC)

Borough Wide

Food waste put in new bins weighs same as FIFTY cars

Food scraps equivalent to the weight of more than FIFTY small cars have been saved from going to waste – in just the first fortnight of Erewash Borough Council’s new recycling scheme. The colossal total of 54 tonnes was revealed as the authority praised residents for setting a superb example to the rest of the country. The environmentally-friendly initiative which councils across the nation were instructed to launch means any biodegradable food waste – such as veg peelings, plate scrapings […]

16 April 2026 16

Derby

Derby brown bins warning as food waste problems outlined

Derby City Council has warned there may be “temporary pauses” to brown bin collections in some areas because of problems with its new £2 million food waste scheme. The Labour-led authority confirmed in a public statement that it is dealing with several “challenges” following the launch of new weekly food scraps collections. Thousands of households across Derby have been provided with new food waste bins as part of the scheme, which is part of a UK-wide initiative. But since the […]

14 April 2026 51

Derby

Derby food waste bins already attracting wildlife

Concerns have been raised that new food caddies in Derby are attracting wildlife after an aggressive badger was seen next to one. The badger was seen attacking a hedgehog outside a house in Oakwood. It has led to concerns that the smell of the bins is tempting wildlife onto the streets – which has prompted Derby City Council to issue advice in response. The incident, which has been reported to the authority, was highlighted just days after the launch of […]

13 April 2026 21

Food waste bin delivery team member Peter (Credit: EBC)

Community Notices

Get ready for food waste collections

Food waste collections start in Erewash from Monday 30th March 2026. Here is everything you need to know. You should already have received: A grey kitchen caddy (5 litres) for indoors. A green food waste bin with lockable lid (23 litres) to be emptied by the council’s crew An instruction leaflet. A roll of compostable liners for your grey kitchen caddy. A sticker so you can number your green food waste bin. If you live in a flat, your bins […]

27 March 2026 62

Borough Wide

New FREE food waste recycling collections being rolled out in Derbyshire

All households in Derbyshire will soon receive free weekly food collections as part of reforms set out by central government. The new legislation means food waste must be collected separately from other waste and the new collections will be operated every week by local district and borough councils. It means that residents in Amber Valley and Erewash will get food waste collections for the first time and residents in Chesterfield, Bolsover, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, and South Derbyshire will change […]

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Food waste

Borough Council praises residents for getting on board with new recycling scheme

Food waste put in new bins weighs same as FIFTY cars

Derby brown bins warning as food waste problems outlined

Derby food waste bins already attracting wildlife

Get ready for food waste collections

New FREE food waste recycling collections being rolled out in Derbyshire

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