Lancashire food waste

Your new food waste recycling collection service

From April 2026 new weekly food waste recycling collection are being introduced across England. Your food waste will be collected weekly by your district council on the same day as your other waste and recycling.

You will be provided with:

  • a kitchen caddy
  • a roll of liners to line the caddy.
  • an outside food waste bin which your district council will empty weekly.

How to get started

It’s easy to recycle your food waste, simply follow the steps below:

  1. Put a liner in your kitchen caddy then put your food waste in it.
  2. When full, remove the liner, tie the top and put it in your outdoor food waste recycling bin.
  3. Please put your food recycling out for collection by 7am every week on your normal recycling day.

Why recycle your food waste?

  • Your household bin will be cleaner and less full as we will provide you with a weekly collection.
  • The new recycling service gives you the opportunity to recycle more.
  • Food waste that is recycled also has many uses. It can be converted into fertilisers for agriculture or converted into natural forms of energy which are a good alternative to fossil fuels.
  • Food waste that is sent to landfill doesn’t harmlessly breakdown. It has a big impact on the environment as it rots and releases methane – a harmful greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
  • As food waste is 70% water, sending food waste for incineration requires more energy to burn so recycling is a more efficient method of disposal.

What happens to the food waste once collected

When recycled, food waste can be turned into something useful. Your food waste is taken to an anaerobic digestion or in-vessel composting facility where it is used to generate natural forms of energy, such as biogas, an excellent alternative to fossil fuels and a fertiliser which can be used in farming.

Please find more information from your district council via their website below: