We will be delivering bins and food waste caddies in Mid West Cornwall from Monday 25 November
The new weekly food waste and fortnightly rubbish collection service will begin for people living in Mid West Cornwall from 10 March 2025.
This important new service will help you and your community reduce waste and increase recycling for a more thriving and sustainable Cornwall. In areas 1-4 we have collected over 7,000 tonnes of food waste, kerbside recycling has increased, and rubbish has decreased.
Next week we will start delivering bins and food waste caddies to people living in Mid West Cornwall. Residents will also receive instruction leaflets with support they need to switch to the new service. We’ll be delivering bins and food waste caddies to approximately 81,000 households in Camborne, Redruth, Falmouth, Penryn, St. Mawes, Truro, Probus, Trispen, Mitchell, Perranporth, St. Agnes, Portreath, and surrounding areas.
Most residents will receive:
• a silver kitchen caddy to make separating your food waste from your rubbish easy
• a green outdoor caddy for storing your food waste and putting it out for collection
• a wheelie bin or reusable protective sack for putting your rubbish out for collection
Residents can keep using the usual coloured recycling bags and box.
Please be aware we are not delivering recycling containers with the new bins and caddies as many households already have these. Residents can order new ones here: Order recycling containers How we allocate each property a wheelie bin or sack We’ve assessed the outside of all properties on our waste collection rounds and have allocated most a 180 litre wheelie bin for rubbish.
A small number of properties that are unable to store a bin, have too many steps or are serviced by one of our specialist collection vehicles have been allocated a 180 litre reusable protective sack instead.
Once the bin or sack has been delivered, and if a householder thinks we’ve assessed their property incorrectly they can apply to us to review their property assessment.
The new fortnightly 180 litre limit on rubbish
From 10 March, we’ll be collecting food waste weekly. The average household in Cornwall will find that recycling their food waste and not binning it, frees up 33% more space in their black bag.
Residents who are recycling all of their cardboard, glass, plastics, cans, paper and textiles too, should have no trouble with the 180 litre fortnightly limit, which is roughly 3 to 4 black bags.
