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Brown bin collections in Derby may be temporarily paused, Derby City Council has said. Image by LDRS.

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 32

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 12

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 49

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 […]

23 March 2026 34

Food waste

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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