Preston City Council
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Details of trial
Collection start date:
16 May 2005
Collection frequency:
Weekly
Collection containers:
7 litre caddy and 25 litre kerbside bucket.
Description of trial area:
7,500. Urban, almost all terraced and very few gardens. Highly diverse especially, South Asian background families and students (many from Far East)
Liners provided:
Yes provided free of charge. Householder leave out note for more.
Support supplied by WRAP:
Monitoring and Evaluation
Collection vehicle used:
7.5 tonne bespoke vehicle
Collection contractor:
Preston City Council
IVC facility being used and location:
Teg Environmental, Hutton, Preston PR4 5TH
Background information
Local authority size:
58,000 households
Existing food waste collection:
Yes, collections started in the trial area in May 2005
Existing garden waste collection:
Yes fortnightly (alternate weekly collections), no charge for garden compostable waste, 240 litre bins provided but note that there are very few gardens in our target area.
Refuse Collection – frequency and containers used:
Fortnightly alternating weekly collections, 240 litre bin, no side waste policy.
Recycling Collection – frequency and containers used:
Fortnightly alternate weekly collections. Segregated (kerbside sort) paper, glass, cans , cardboard, plastic bottles, textiles
