URL: https://cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1489

Decision Maker: City Mayor (Individual Decision)

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: To seek a decision to introduce a revised approach to household waste collection services from May 2028 and the capital investment required as part of a new contract.

Content: To seek a decision to introduce a revised approach to household waste collection services from May 2028 and the capital investment required as part of a new contract. To consider proposals to approve:   That from May 2028, the Council provides a household waste and recycling collection service that delivers alternate weekly residual waste collections, and alternate weekly dry mixed recycling collections in a blue wheeled bin.   The addition of £9.8m to the 2026/27 General Fund capital programme for the vehicle and container costs of the new arrangements for recycling and residual waste collection, to be financed by Prudential Borrowing.  10 options ranging from minimal to major change which are explained in Appendix 4.

Date of Decision: August 22, 2025