Food bin liners limited as costs rise

Kirsty Knight (left) has started to deliver the caddy bags around Orton Waterville in Peterborough after "constant" complaints of delays to online orders

A city council will limit supplies of bags for household food waste bins after facing rising costs and shortages.

Since moving to an online order process, some residents in Peterborough said they had been “frustrated” by long delays.

Previously, they were given out by refuse collectors but the city council said this led to “excessive use” and “sporadic demand”.

Now the council said all households using the service would instead get two rolls of bags or 80 liners.

Previously, refuse collectors would drop them off on bins, known as food caddies

Local ward councillors said they had been "inundated” with complaints from residents waiting for their bin bags.

Green councillor Kirsty Knight, of Orton Waterville, said she has been delivering rolls of bin bags to residents.

“I simply keep a log of which property has received their rolls and report back to the council," she said. "It’s more efficient and quicker.”

Conservative councillor Chaz Fenner, for Bretton ward, has also started to drop off bin liners to residents after “several complaints of long waits”.

The council said it made the changes as prices of the liners trebled over the past three years.

A spokesperson said more bin liners were available on request and added the "recycling education team" was working to highlight ways to limit waste.