Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Details of trial
Collection start date:
10 October 2007
Collection frequency:
Weekly
Collection containers:
7 litre kitchen caddy, 20 litre caddy for outside
Description of trial area:
9,000 properties in Chadderton and Shaw areas of Oldham. Housing stock is a typical cross section of the borough, including terrace and difficult to access properties. Predominantly urban area. Food waste collection provided as part of managed weekly collections service.
Liners provided?
Initially 26 per household. Further liners can be bought at local outlets in each area.
Support supplied by WRAP:
Advice in design of trial. Assistance with communications. Monitoring and evaluation
Collection vehicle used:
10 tonne RCVs
Collection contractor:
In-house
IVC facility being used and location:
TEG Todmorden, Yorkshire
Background information
Local Authority Size:
93,000
Existing food waste collections?
No.
Existing garden waste collections:
Fortnightly free garden waste collection in 240 litre green wheeled bin
Refuse Collection - frequency and containers used:
Weekly wheeled bin collection. However, in trial area of 9,000 properties recycling in brown wheeled bins is collected one week, residual collected the other week, and food waste collected weekly.
Recycling Collection - frequency and containers used:
Fortnightly collection of glass, cans and plastic bottles in a 55 litre black box. Fortnightly collection of mixed paper and cardboard in a re-usable sack. In trial area the glass, cans and plastic bottles are collected in a 240 litre wheeled bin.
