“Currently, it’s estimated that around 85 per cent of all Waltham Forest householders’ waste can now be recycled on their own doorstep in either their green wheelie bin or food waste caddy, both of which are collected weekly, alongside their brown wheelie bin for garden waste, which is collected fortnightly.
The council provides residents with four bins – a small black bin for general, non-recyclable rubbish, a large green bin for recyclable items, a small brown bin for garden waste and a small “caddy” for food waste.
Clyde Loakes, Waltham Forest’s deputy leader and cabinet member for climate and air quality, said: “Waltham Forest is joining the vast majority of UK councils that collect residual waste on a fortnightly basis – research shows that 90 per cent of councils with responsibility for waste collections operate a fortnightly or even three-weekly schedule.
Kingston tops table as London boroughs with biggest bills revealed] The green recycling bin and food waste caddy will continue to be collected weekly, while the garden waste will remain fortnightly.
Waltham Forest said that 259 out of 295 UK councils with responsibility for bin collections empty their residual waste bins on a fortnightly basis – or with longer gaps between pick-ups.
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