{"id":1001,"date":"2026-05-07T07:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:47:51","slug":"430-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected-in-derby-in-rollouts-first-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.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 decoding=\"async\" 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=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/food-waste-truck-tipping3.jpg?resize=860%2C516&amp;ssl=1\"><\/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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}