Luton Borough Council
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Details of trial
Collection start date:
25 June 2007
Collection frequency:
Weekly
Collection containers:
7 litre food waste caddy
21 litre outside food waste container
Description of Trial Area:
8,400 households across 5 rounds, all in urban area covering semi-detached, detached, terraced houses and council houses.
Liners provided:
Liners distributed with bins. Replenishing them on request by the crew collecting bins and by LBC call center.
Support supplied by WRAP:
Purchase of containers and liners. Staff and vehicle costs. Communications advice and printing. Monitoring and Evaluation
Collection vehicle used:
7.5 tonne truck from Woodend
AD facility being used and location:
Bedfordia Biogas Plant, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, MK44 1YU
Collection Contractor:
LBC in house collection service
Background information
Local authority size:
74,954 households
Existing food waste collection:
No
Exisiting garden waste collection:
240 and 140 litre brown bin collected fortnightly
For narrow access roads we provide garden waste reusable sacks
No collection during Christmas and January
Refuse collection – frequency and containers used:
Weekly, 240 and 140 litre black bins
Recycling collection – frequency and containers used:
Fortnightly, 140 and 240 litre green bins
