Wheelie bins on the way?

The wheelie bin debate is set to take centre stage once again when consultation is carried out in South Holland.
Changes to the law mean waste food will have to be collected, and would be a good time to change the system entirely.
South Holland’s partner councils, South Kesteven and East Lindsey, both already use a wheelie bin system for both black bag waste and recycling.
Council Leader Nick Worth said the whole issue of wheelie bins will go out to consultation, but he thought it would be about a 50/50 split.
If the system changes to bring all three councils in-line, and to abide by the new laws, South Holland could see a fortnightly collection of recycling and black bag waste with a weekly collection of food waste which will go to composting.
“There are service reviews within the partnership and waste collection will be the biggest, with consultation. We will have to do something different from 2026 because of he food waste changes,” he said.
The whole scheme would be financially better value if the councils worked in unison to get the best value for money on a waste collection operation.
Introducing a black bag bin and a single bin for dry recyclables would also see the district council no longer using hundreds of thousands of single-use black bags.