{"id":660681,"date":"2026-06-27T06:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660681\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:59:08","slug":"county-durham-warning-to-hosueholds-about-bins-in-waste-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660681\/","title":{"rendered":"County Durham warning to hosueholds about bins in waste scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Durham County Council is continuing to deliver food waste caddies to homes as part of the rollout of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/26125769.new-waste-collections-begin-county-durham-june\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new weekly collection service<\/a>, which is being introduced across the county this spring and summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each household will receive two caddies &#8211; a grey kitchen caddy for collecting food scraps indoors\u00a0and a larger black outdoor caddy, which will be emptied weekly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Residents will also receive their first roll of caddy liners and a leaflet confirming when collections will begin in their area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Durham County Council is continuing to deliver food waste caddies to homes as part of the rollout of a new weekly collection service. (Image: Durham County Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People should not put their caddies out until the date shown on the leaflet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Food waste will be collected on the same day as residents&#8217; rubbish and recycling, but by a separate vehicle and at a different time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new service is being introduced following changes to national legislation requiring councils to provide separate food waste collections.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Residents will also be able to leave used batteries and disposable vapes out for collection alongside their food waste caddy, provided they are placed in separate clear plastic bags.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The collection vehicles will have a dedicated compartment for the items.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As part of the changes, the council has also altered its recycling arrangements.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Residents can now place glass bottles and jars in their blue-lidded recycling bin alongside other recyclable materials, meaning the separate green recycling box is no longer needed for glass.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council suggested the green boxes could be reused around the home or garden, such as for storing tools or growing potatoes, or donated to community organisations or allotments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Householders can also put extra recyclable materials, including cardboard, paper, plastic and cans, into clear plastic bags and leave them next to their blue-lidded recycling bin for collection. Glass, however, must be placed inside the recycling bin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Durham County Council is continuing to deliver food waste caddies to homes as part of the rollout of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-660681","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\/660681","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=660681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}