{"id":492714,"date":"2026-03-24T14:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:20:08","slug":"date-set-for-start-of-food-waste-collections-in-harborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492714\/","title":{"rendered":"Date set for start of food waste collections in Harborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As part of the service, food waste containers and one roll of bin liners will be delivered to homes in the district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There will be a seven-litre caddy for indoor use and a 23-litre bin to be placed on the kerb each week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The waste which is collected will then be sent to an anaerobic digestion plant to be converted into biofertiliser and renewable energy, the council said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Woodiwiss added: &#8220;By separating food waste, we can ensure it is put to good use, generating renewable energy and valuable biofertiliser, while also supporting our wider environmental and climate objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are committed to making this new service as straightforward as possible and will provide the support needed to help households make the most of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the service, food waste containers and one roll of bin liners will be delivered to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-492714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}