Almost 2,000 tonnes of food waste has been collected from households in the Wealden district since the new food waste collections began.
And Wealden residents are also doing better than residents in other parts of the county, according to collection figures.
The new collections, funded by the Government, began at the end of March and, in East Sussex, are being managed by Biffa, which collects household waste for the Joint Waste Partnership – Wealden and Rother district councils, and Hastings Borough Council.
In a report to a recent meeting of Wealden’s Waste and Recycling Committee, officers from Biffa reported there were now 17 rounds and three support vehicles operating across the Partnership Area.
In the 24 weeks since the start of the collection of weekly household food waste 3,878.37 tonnes of food waste, had been collected with an average of 0.95 Kg per household of food waste collected and recycled.
The breakdown of the figures was:
- Hastings Borough Council 937.28 tonnes of food waste / average of 0.87 Kg per household
- Rother District Council 1,012.37 tonnes of food waste / average of 0.89 Kg per household
- Wealden District Council 1,928.72 tonnes of food waste / average of 1.04 Kg per household.
Councillors were told that since the introduction of weekly household food waste collections there had also been a decrease of 3,638.26 tonnes domestic collected throughout April – August 2026 across the three partnership areas.
The breakdown of this figure was:
- Hastings Borough Council a decrease of 974.09 tonnes
- Rother District Council a decrease of 948.29 tonnes
- Wealden District Council a decrease of 1,715.88 tonnes