FOOD waste bins are becoming increasingly common in and around Berkshire - but the popular boxes have not yet found their way to Bracknell Forest.
Neighbouring authority Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) supplied residents with food bins in April.
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According to recycling bosses, the collection in the first month weighed the equivalent of 54 African elephants.
The success of WBC’s scheme led to suggestions in July that food waste bins could pop up in Reading and in Bracknell, as the authorities are partners in a shared recycling scheme.
Two months later, Reading Borough Council (RBC) has announced plans to introduce their own bins with the hope of rolling them out in autumn 2020.
There have been questions about whether Bracknell residents will see food bins come their way too, and environment boss councillor Dorothy Hayes has been quizzed about BFC’s plans before.
In January, Cllr Mary Temperton asked Cllr Hayes whether the authority had any plans to roll out food waste collection in the borough, to which Cllr Hayes replied: “Watch this space.”
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The News asked BFC to comment on any plans it had to deliver food-waste collection, and
Services boss Damian James, said: "In December 2018 DEFRA published ‘Our waste, our resources: a strategy for England’.
“The strategy has a section on improving consistency of local authority recycling collections which includes food waste.
“The detail and whether there will be any funding to assist councils with making changes to waste collections is subject to consultation and not likely to be finalised for at least another two years.
“What is clear in Chapter three of the strategy is that DEFRA’s intention is to make food waste collection mandatory from 2023.
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“Given the content of the strategy Bracknell Forest Council’s intention is to investigate the feasibility of introducing a food waste collection service in the future."
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