New food waste, recycling and rubbish service launches in West Cornwall
It follows the rollout in Mid and South East Cornwall earlier this year
Residents in West Cornwall will start using their new food waste, recycling and rubbish service from this week.
Cornwall Council is introducing weekly food waste collections and switching to fortnightly rubbish collections across the county, area by area. 
The service is aimed at reducing waste and increasing recycling - it follows the rollout in Mid and South East Cornwall earlier this year.
Residents in the third roll-out area of West Cornwall have received new food waste caddies and rubbish bins or protective sacks in preparation for the service change which starts today (July 1 2024). 
The area covers Penzance,  Marazion, Sennen, St Buryan, St Just, St Ives, Hayle, Helston, the Lizard and their surrounding areas. 
The key elements of the new waste service now launched in West Cornwall are: 
- Weekly food waste collections
- Fortnightly recycling collections in the current recycling bags and box
- New collection days for most residents
- Recycling collection week change for some residents
As part of the waste rollout all households across Cornwall will be sent: 
- A silver kitchen caddy to make it easy to separate food waste from rubbish
- A green outdoor collection caddy for storing and putting out your food waste for collection
- A wheelie bin or reusable protective sack to put out rubbish for collection
Properties with shared bins or communal bin stores will be provided with bins to suit their collection arrangements. 
Residents in the fourth roll-out area of North East Cornwall will start receiving their new bins next month ahead of their collection change this autumn. 
Everyone else will remain on the current rubbish and recycling service until they receive information about when the changes start in their area.