The government previously said it wanted to end the “postcode lottery” of bin collections in England “whereby councils collect different materials for recycling, causing confusion for households”.
Plymouth City Council is spending nearly £2m from a government grant , externalmainly on vehicles and containers to enable food recycling across the city.
The council will have to provide caddies to all 123,000 households and shared communal bins to 29,000 flats and shared houses.
In the latest report on the plans the council said “depending on procurement timelines, the service is realistically expected to launch sometime in the spring of 2026”.
The food waste will be treated in an anaerobic digestion site to produce renewable energy and slurry for fertilizer.