Food waste

About your new food waste collections

Throughout 2026, all households in Staffordshire will receive a weekly food waste kerbside collection service. This section explains everything about the new service.

Your new weekly food waste collection

Find out when your weekly food waste collection will be starting in your area.

How to use your caddies

Get instructions here about how to use your food waste caddies, including information about what can and cannot go in.

What happens to your food waste?

Once your food waste is collected it is transformed into energy to power our communities and into fertiliser for local farms and open spaces. Find out how that works.

Food waste - frequently asked questions

Here is a library of the most frequently asked questions and answers about the new Staffordshire weekly food waste collection service.

How to waste less food

Using your food waste caddy is step one. Wasting less food is step two. We have information here about how to waste less and save money.