The Government is requiring all councils to provide separate food waste collections as part of its UK-wide plans for simpler recycling. These must be introduced in 2026. Rutland’s new food waste collection service will begin at the end of March and there is a lot of information to share, to help residents get ready. With this in mind, the attached toolkit has been produced for Parish Councils, so that you have as much detail as possible.

In terms of the new service itself, Rutland County Council will be providing households with two food waste receptacles: a small kitchen caddy for indoor use and a larger outdoor caddy for kerbside collection. Food waste collections will take place every week on normal black and grey bin collection days. As part of this change and to encourage use of the new food waste service, current 240litre black bins will be replaced with smaller 140litre black bins. Grey recycling bins will stay the same size and we are not introducing any new or different containers that would require people to separate their dry mixed recycling.

Rutland County Council will start swapping large black wheelie bins for smaller 140litre bins from Monday 2 March 2026 onwards. New food waste caddies will start to be delivered to households from Monday 9 March 2026 onwards. Separate weekly food waste collections will start from Monday 30 March 2026.

Please read through the toolkit, (by clicking on the below link) which includes a detailed set of FAQs that cover all aspects of the new food waste service. This information can also be found on Rutland County Council’s website at: www.rutland.gov.uk/recycling.

Food waste toolkit – February 2026

If you have any questions, please email me.

Kind regards,
Mat Waik, Communications Service Manager
Rutland County Council, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6HP
e: communications@rutland.gov.uk

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Diana has been a resident of Ridlington all her life.  Her father Stan was born in Preston, and her mother, Mary was born in Clay Cross, near Chesterfield.  They made their home in Ridlington over 75 years ago.  She adored Ridlington and loved the wide-open spaces that we walked often with our dogs over the years.

Diana lived life with colour, warmth, and a smile that could light up any room. She loved deeply, laughed easily, and gave generously — always finding joy in making others happy.

She shared nearly 54 years with her beloved husband Martin, including 44 years of marriage, and was a devoted and fiercely protective mother to her son, Daniel, and a loving mother-in-law to Claire. Family was at the heart of everything she did.

Diana had a gift for creating beauty — in her home, her garden, and in the lives of those around her. Our home was her castle: bright, welcoming, and uniquely hers, filled with colour, creativity, and happy memories. She loved nature, windy days, long walks, and sunshine-filled holidays — especially by the ocean in Tenerife and around the Amalfi Coast, in Italy.

She brought friendship wherever she went, through her kindness, her warmth, and her infectious love of life. Above all, Diana reminded us that happiness is something you build — with love, generosity, and a joyful heart.

Sadly missed but never forgotten.

“Diana, my love — I was blessed the day I met you, and I discovered just how special you were by spending a lifetime with you. You are, and always will be, the most important person in my life.”

 

 

Please find below the link to the latest Rutland County Council e-Newsletter.

Some of the collection dates over the Christmas period will change and also the opening and closing times/dates for the Household Waste Recycling Centres.

https://mailchi.mp/afea3af10f34/yourrutland-14197322?e=85edba0215

Please find the minutes to the Ridlington Parish Council meeting held on November 12th attached.

Draft RPC Minutes 12.11.25

These can also be found on the website under Minutes Agendas and Accounts.