Food Waste

Have your say about our new food waste recycling - click the survey below

Erewash Food Waste Recycling Service - First Six Months Resident Feedback Survey

New Food Waste Bins!!

From 19th January, new food bins will start to be delivered to households. This will take many weeks.

Your will receive: a 5 litre grey kitchen caddy, a roll of compostable liners, and a 23 litre outdoor lockable food waste bin. These will be accompanied by an instruction leaflet and a sticker to number your bin.



New Kitchen & Kerbside Food Waste Bins

The first food waste collection will be: 30th March 2026 (put your food waste bin out before 7am, it will be emptied weekly)

  • Do not use plastic bags or newspaper to line your kitchen caddy - use the compostable liner provided or other compostable seed liners available.
  • When the caddy is almost full, tie the liner bag and transfer this to your big food bin outside.
  • You do not need to use liners at all - transfer the food waste directly from the caddy to the food waste bin.
  • Wash out your caddy, or put it in the dishwasher regularly.
  • The kerbside bin is lockable - please always lock your bin to deter foxes and other creatures from attacking your bin.

How to Open and Lock your Food Waste Bin

What Can Go In the Food Waste Collection??

Yes PleaseNo Thanks
All uneaten food and plate scrapingsNo liquids
Baked goods such as bread, cakes, biscuits and pastriesNo non-food products
Cheese, yoghurt (if not too runny), eggs and eggshellsNo plastic film or bags
Fruit and vegetables, including raw and cooked vegetables and peelings, seeds, stones and coresNo other packaging
Nuts and nutshellsNo garden waste
Grains and pulses - rice, pasta, beans, cerealsNo pet or human poo
Out of date or mouldy food
Pet food
Raw and cooked meat or fish, including bones
Tea bags, coffee grounds and paper filters
Solidified cooking fat, gristle, and meat rind


If any food is still edible and within date please consider:

Learn how to waste less food & save money!

Have your say about our new food waste recycling - click the survey below

Erewash Food Waste Recycling Service - First Six Months Resident Feedback Survey

New Food Waste Bins!!

From 19th January, new food bins will start to be delivered to households. This will take many weeks.

Your will receive: a 5 litre grey kitchen caddy, a roll of compostable liners, and a 23 litre outdoor lockable food waste bin. These will be accompanied by an instruction leaflet and a sticker to number your bin.



New Kitchen & Kerbside Food Waste Bins

The first food waste collection will be: 30th March 2026 (put your food waste bin out before 7am, it will be emptied weekly)

  • Do not use plastic bags or newspaper to line your kitchen caddy - use the compostable liner provided or other compostable seed liners available.
  • When the caddy is almost full, tie the liner bag and transfer this to your big food bin outside.
  • You do not need to use liners at all - transfer the food waste directly from the caddy to the food waste bin.
  • Wash out your caddy, or put it in the dishwasher regularly.
  • The kerbside bin is lockable - please always lock your bin to deter foxes and other creatures from attacking your bin.

How to Open and Lock your Food Waste Bin

What Can Go In the Food Waste Collection??

Yes PleaseNo Thanks
All uneaten food and plate scrapingsNo liquids
Baked goods such as bread, cakes, biscuits and pastriesNo non-food products
Cheese, yoghurt (if not too runny), eggs and eggshellsNo plastic film or bags
Fruit and vegetables, including raw and cooked vegetables and peelings, seeds, stones and coresNo other packaging
Nuts and nutshellsNo garden waste
Grains and pulses - rice, pasta, beans, cerealsNo pet or human poo
Out of date or mouldy food
Pet food
Raw and cooked meat or fish, including bones
Tea bags, coffee grounds and paper filters
Solidified cooking fat, gristle, and meat rind


If any food is still edible and within date please consider:

Learn how to waste less food & save money!