{"id":771625,"date":"2026-09-15T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771625\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:24:09","slug":"dartford-bins-to-be-delivered-for-delayed-food-waste-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771625\/","title":{"rendered":"Dartford bins to be delivered for delayed food waste scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bins are set to be delivered to households in Dartford ahead of a food waste recycling scheme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dartford Borough Council will begin delivering indoor and outdoor waste caddies ahead of collections starting for houses in November and for flats in &#8220;early 2027&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Government legislation required weekly food waste recycling to be introduced across England by March 2026 &#8211; a deadline Dartford and about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cpv8ye887e4o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a quarter of other councils had missed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Council leader Jeremy Kite said the collections would &#8220;make recycling easier for residents&#8221; while reducing disposal costs and improving environmental performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is a win for residents, a win for taxpayers and a win for the environment,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The collected food waste will be recycled at an anaerobic digestion facility, where it is broken down by bacteria to produce biogas, according to Dartford Borough Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The gas can then be used to generate energy for homes and businesses, while the remaining material can be processed into fertiliser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said it would share delivery schedules and guidance on what can be recycled in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bins are set to be delivered to households in Dartford ahead of a food waste recycling scheme. Dartford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771625","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\/771625","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=771625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}