{"id":1037,"date":"2026-05-07T07:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:01:54","slug":"430-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected-in-derby-in-rollouts-first-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/430-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected-in-derby-in-rollouts-first-month\/","title":{"rendered":"430 tonnes of food waste collected in Derby in rollout\u2019s first month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-612544 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"food waste\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/food-waste-truck-tipping3.jpg\"><\/h4>\n<h4>More than 430 tonnes of food waste have been diverted from black bins during the first month of household food waste collections in Derby.<\/h4>\n<p>All local authorities in England\u202fwere required\u202fto\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/household-simpler-recycling-rules-begin-across-england\/\">introduce\u202fweekly food\u202fwaste\u202fcollections\u202f<\/a>from 31 March as part of the government\u2019s Simpler Recycling reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Derby City Council said the collected food waste is processed at Severn Trent Green Power in Spondon, where it is used to generate renewable energy.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Diverting waste to\u202fanaerobic\u202fdigestion allows it to be transformed into biogas for green energy and nutrient-rich fertiliser, rather than being sent to landfill.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor\u202fNdukwe Onuoha\u202f, Cabinet Member for Streetpride, Parks and Leisure,\u202fsaid the start was \u2018very encouraging\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many councils across the country, Derby has faced challenges linked to a nationwide shortage of specialist food waste collection vehicles, meaning temporary hired, non-specialist vehicles\u202fhad to be used,\u201d Onuoha\u202fsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing such a significant amount of waste diverted so early on shows that these\u202fsmall changes\u202fat home are already making a real difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/almost-a-quarter-of-english-councils-to-miss-weekly-food-waste-deadline-bbc-news-reports\/\">According to a BBC News investigation<\/a>, more than 70 councils in England were set to miss the government\u2019s deadline to introduce weekly food waste collections to all households.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/430-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected-in-derby-in-rollouts-first-month\/\">430 tonnes of food waste collected in Derby in rollout\u2019s first month<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 More than 430 tonnes of food waste have been diverted from black bins during the first month of household food waste collections in Derby. All local authorities in England\u202fwere required\u202fto\u202fintroduce\u202fweekly food\u202fwaste\u202fcollections\u202ffrom 31 March as part of the government\u2019s Simpler Recycling reforms. Derby City Council said the collected food waste&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/430-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected-in-derby-in-rollouts-first-month\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}