{"id":72963,"date":"2025-08-16T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72963\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:15:13","slug":"council-to-launch-glass-and-food-waste-collections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72963\/","title":{"rendered":"Council to launch glass and food waste collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glass and food waste recycling collections are to be introduced in Kirklees in a major change to services in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The move is the result of government plans to standardise bin collections across England from 2026.<\/p>\n<p>However, the changes will not come into force in Kirklees before 2028 due to the council&#8217;s existing waste contract with SUEZ.<\/p>\n<p>Kirklees Council said the new model would require major changes to its current recycling model, with new bins, equipment and infrastructure needed to deliver the service.<\/p>\n<p>Under the government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/simpler-recycling-in-england-policy-update\/simpler-recycling-in-england-policy-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Simpler Recycling initiative;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Simpler Recycling initiative<\/a> all councils in England will have to collect residual waste or non-recyclable material, dry recyclables including glass and metal and paper and cards, and food waste.<\/p>\n<p>Once the changes come in homes are expected to have a minimum of three wheelie bins and a 23 litre caddy for food waste, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/lnp\/ldrs?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Local Democracy Reporting Service;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Hawkins, cabinet member for highways and waste in Kirklees, said: &#8220;The government&#8217;s Simpler Recycling plan gives us the opportunity to make a once-in-a-generation improvement to the service for all households in Kirklees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are big changes so we need to plan them carefully to get the new service right for residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said they would also need to invest in new equipment and infrastructure and would take their time and &#8220;engage with communities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we plan these improvements for the future, we need to make sure we&#8217;re getting the basics right in the current service,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kirklees is one of a number of authorities faced with making changes, neighbouring Leeds City Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3gw45j44d7o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:introduced bins for glass waste;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">introduced bins for glass waste<\/a> for the first time last year.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to highlights from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdv3n?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, catch up with the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b006mj5m?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:episode of Look North;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related internet linksMore on this story<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755357313_878_\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glass and food waste recycling collections are to be introduced in Kirklees in a major change to services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,55010,55013,55012,55009,55011,128,28912],"class_list":["post-72963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-food-waste","tag-glass-waste","tag-kirklees","tag-kirklees-council","tag-residual-waste","tag-science","tag-waste-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}