Proposals to improve recycling in West Suffolk will mean extra bins for residents

Proposals to improve recycling in West Suffolk will mean extra bins for residents.

Working in response to government legislation, West Suffolk Council, together with Suffolk’s other district and borough authorities, is reviewing its waste and recycling services to meet new government requirements by March 31, 2026.

At their meeting on Tuesday members of West Suffolk’s ruling cabinet backed plans to increase the existing dry recycling collection service from April 2026 by including glass and cartons with plastic film to be included the following year.

This will be in addition to a new weekly food waste collection, which is to be introduced across the county in the spring of 2026.

Cllr Dave Taylor, cabinet member for operations, said: “The options that we and other councils are looking at will bring a real recycling revolution to Suffolk.

“Government legislation, through the Environment Act 2021, requires all local authorities to meet new recycling requirements by 2026.

“While this represents a challenge to local authorities and to households, it also provides an incredible, once in a generation opportunity to take a big leap forward.”

The new approach will mean households getting an extra recycling bin and food waste caddy.

It will also see new weekly recycling and food waste collections, which the council hopes will result in less rubbish in household bins.

A council spokesman said where some households have difficulty with extra bins, the authority will work with them to establish workable solutions.

The cabinet’s recommendations will now go before the full council next month.