Food waste bin roll-out pushed back to 2027

Plans to introduce food waste bins in North West Leicestershire have been pushed back to next year.

Roll-out had been due to start in November but the district council said there had been an issue with the contract to produce and supply the new two-wheeled bins.

The authority said there had also been an unexpected delay to the delivery of the new fleet of food waste collection vehicles “caused by worsening global manufacturing and supply chain constraints”.

Amanda Hack, Labour MP for North West Leicestershire, said she was “not made aware of any problems and was instead reassured that the roll-out remained on track”.

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