Another 1,650 homes in Exeter are now receiving weekly food waste collections as plans to get the whole city involved continue to take shape.
Another 1,650 homes in Exeter are now receiving weekly food waste collections as plans to get the whole city involved continue to take shape.
Homes in parts of St Loyes, Newtown & St Leonards, Heavitree and St David’s are the latest to start receiving kerbside collections of food waste.
Currently around a third of Exeter benefits from kerbside food waste collections and the service has seen the city’s recycling rate rise by an additional 5%.
“That’s great news for Exeter,” said Cllr Ruth Williams, Lead Councillor for City Management, “and we’re working hard to do more and get everyone - the whole city - involved!”
These latest additions were made following a rebalancing of the rounds, resulting from a thorough review aimed at improving the productivity of the collections rolled out to date.
“The benefit of a gradual rollout is that we can make these adjustments more easily and maximise service efficiency,” said Cllr Williams. “The service has proved popular and is already making a big difference. Between February and August this year, more than 700 tonnes of food waste was diverted away from residual waste to anaerobic digestion, where it ends up as a soil improver and fertiliser as well as generating electricity.
"We will eventually have everyone in the city receiving food waste collections - during 2026 - and until then, I would just like to ask people to please be patient as we roll out more parts of the city.”
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