All councils in England are to start weekly food waste collections from April 2026
Blackburn with Darwen Council is spending almost £1million on eight new lorries to collect food waste weekly from the borough’s households. It will conduct a pilot for the new service in April to prepare for its full introduction 12 months later.
It says: “The council require eight food waste collection vehicles to be added to their fleet in order to comply with the Environment Act 2021, which has mandated that councils in England commence weekly food waste collections from April 2026. A direct award was chosen as the most appropriate route to market due to the short timescales the council is working towards to ensure a pilot food waste collection service is operational by April 2025.
“Each 5.5 tonne food waste collection vehicle will cost £120,355 and each 7.5 tonne food waste vehicle will cost £123,325 bringing the total for eight vehicles to £980,660. The procurement of food waste collection vehicles is a completely new requirement to the council. “Terberg Matec UK have stated that the current lead-time for new vehicles is currently 24 weeks from receipt of order. In order for the vehicles to be delivered for the start of April 2025, an order must be placed in early November 2024.
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