We’d like to say a huge thank you to residents who took part in the first week of Plymouth’s brand new weekly food waste collections.
Thousands of households across parts of Plymstock, including Elburton, Hooe, Oreston and Turnchapel, as well as in Devonport, Keyham, Plympton, Southway, Tamerton Foliot and Whitleigh helped us get the service off to a really encouraging start.
As with all new things, there’s still some learning and fine tuning happening behind the scenes, but crews have reported brilliant participation across the areas visited so far.
Councillor Tom Briars-Delve, Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change, said: “I want to say a huge, personal thank you to everyone in phase one who has put out their food waste this week.
“We’re still learning but it’s really great to see the number of people across communities who have been getting involved in this project.
“If you live in the first phase and you haven’t had achance to put your food waste caddy out, remember that the service is weekly and it’s not too late to start next week.”
As we move into week two, a couple of useful reminders:
- Food waste is collected on the same day as your other waste, but by a separate vehicle, so if your caddy hasn’t been emptied at the same time as your bin, please leave it out
- If for whatever reason we missed your food waste collection then sincere apologies. Please do log it so we can monitor rounds and continue improving the service as it beds in.
In the meantime, most questions can be answered at www.plymouth.gov.uk/foodwaste
