Food Waste collection due to start 1st June 2026

All South Derbyshire residents will receive a small indoor kitchen caddy for the purpose of collecting food waste.

You will also receive a larger outdoor caddy for collection which should be placed next to your other bins on collection day. The outdoor caddies are animal-proof with lockable handles.

​Home composting is still encouraged, but you will now be able to send even food waste items that ought not to go on the compost heap to recycling.

The food waste will be sent to an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant to produce biogas (for electricity generation) and fertilizer

To check about or to receive further information about food waste collections;  Food Waste Recycling | South Derbyshire District Council