District council delays food waste collections
Andia/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesLichfield District Council has failed to get its new weekly food waste collections under way.
New rules that came into force on Tuesday require the collections for all homes in England.
An earlier BBC investigation found 79 English councils - the equivalent of one in four - did not expect to meet the 31 March deadline.
The authority told the BBC that its scheme would be implemented in summer 2026, and on its website said deliveries of caddies to residents would take place later in the year.
Residents will be given a small kitchen food waste caddy, larger outdoor food waste caddy, a roll of liners and instructions on how to recycle food waste.
The council said its full caddy delivery schedule would be published on its website soon.
Councils blamed the delay on demand for new specialist vehicles and funding issues, despite the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) giving out more than £340m in grants.
Defra said it would continue to work with local authority waste networks and the wider industry, providing targeted support to help address outstanding issues.
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