The council has ordered 141,000 food waste caddies with 23 litre capacity from £1.8m of capital funding received in April 2024 for the service.
The Simpler Recycling legislation was introduced to make recycling simpler, and to avoid people needing what it called an “excessive number of bins.”
Sarah Elliott, the council’s strategic lead for environmental services, told the board that by doing the collections over five days, they are reducing the size of the bin rounds – which improves wellbeing for staff.
She added: “That will mean that some residents will have food waste collected on a different day to other bins, but we will make sure through our communication with residents that it is clear when their collection days are.
“It already happens in some parts of the city.”
Councillor Tim Sawdon said while his area in Warwick operates the same system, all the bins are collected on the same day.
He said: “I’m not sure that having different collection days is the best way to go about it.
“From what you have told me today, I am not entirely convinced that what you are proposing is going to work.”