Newcastle City Council
Details of trial
Collection start date:
4 June 2007
Collection end date:
31 March 2008
Collection frequency:
Weekly
Collection containers:
7 litre kitchen caddy, 21 litre kerbside bucket
Description of trial area:
No rural areas. Collections provided to a cross-section of housing types - traditional terraces, semi-detached estates and large detached households. Collections run Monday to Friday to approximately 1,250 households per day.
Liners provided:
Liners are provided. Residents can ask the collection team or a call centre for more
Support supplied by WRAP:
Purchase of caddies, buckets and liners. Communications design and printing. Monitoring and Evaluation. Vehicle Hire
Collection vehicle used:
3.5 tonne transit – enclosed body, sliding side doors, max payload capacity 700 kg
Collection contractor:
In house Environmental Services
IVC facility being used and location:
Ellington, Northumberland
Background information
Local authority size:
121,000 households (approximately 100,000 in houses, 21,000 in flats)
Existing food waste collections:
No, but food waste is also treated by MBT to produce low grade compost
Existing garden waste collection:
17,000 households supplied with 240 litre bin (few households using 120 and 360 litre bins). Collected fortnightly, no cost to householder
Refuse Collection – frequency and containers used:
Weekly. Mostly 240 litre bins but some households using 140 and 360 litre bins. Only large households are eligible for 360 litre bins
Recycling Collection – frequency and containers used:
Fortnightly. 55 litre box collecting paper, glass, cans, plastic bottles, textiles, household batteries. Extra boxes supplied free of charge
Communications
Examples of communications materials used by the council
Food waste collection trial leaflet:
Newcastle - food_waste_introduction (4173 kb) ![[pdf]](http://www.wrap.org.uk/display_images/document_icons/pdf.gif){kind=icon}
Newcastle - food_waste_instruc_spreads (12541 kb)
Contamination sticker:
Newcastle - tie (639 kb)
