Defra said standardising waste collections would “end the postcode lottery of bin collection and help keep our streets cleaner”.
However, depending on where you are, you could have quite a wait.
Breckland, North Norfolk and South Norfolk councils said they expected to start food waste collections this year, whilst Great Yarmouth said its could be delayed until January. More on this below.
Food waste is already collected in Broadland, Norwich and West Norfolk.
Blaming problems with “demand in the supply chain for vehicles”, Breckland Council said it was set to miss the deadline.
“We anticipate vehicles arriving in time for roll out of the service in summer 2026”, a council spokesperson said.
North Norfolk said its service was likely to start running in the autumn, with its Liberal Democrat leader Tim Adams arguing there should have been “a staggered approach” for rolling it out across England.
“We want to deliver this service, but it has to make sense,” he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
“We are all under pressure to source the same equipment.”
Adams added that collecting food waste in rural areas will mean there will be more vehicles on the road, producing emissions, which he said would counter the benefits of collecting scraps.