Food waste

Residents are being encouraged to use the new weekly countywide houseful food waste collection service which will be commencing throughout 2026, and your opportunity to turn your food waste into something useful.

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.

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.

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.