Moseley Ward is one of six council wards chosen to take part in a Food Waste pilot, starting week commencing Monday 16th March 2026. (NB: Moseley collections are on Fridays – so the start date for us will be Friday 20th March 2026)
The pilot forms part of the Governments Simpler Recycling reforms under the Environment Act 2021, which aim to standardise waste and recycling collections and improve recycling rates across England.
The pilot will include approximately 1600 households in the Moseley Triangle / Oxford Road and Moor Green Lane/Reddings Road areas. It will not include flats or HMO’s that currently use communal container bins.
What happens next
- Each participating household in the area will receive a letter informing them about the pilot at the beginning of March. This will be followed by a 7 litre indoor grey caddy and a 23 litre outdoor brown food waste caddy delivered from Monday 9th March 2026
- Residents will be asked to place food waste into the indoor caddy and transfer it to the outdoor caddy for collection.
- Details of the types of food residents can and cannot recycle will be provided (see below)
- Outdoor food caddies must be presented kerbside by 6am on the day of household waste collections. The caddies will be emptied weekly.
- A dedicated webpage http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/foodwastepilot (not yet live) will contain FAQs and further information.
- Philip and Izzy will be available to answer questions and help sort out any issues. Officers will be attending our next ward meeting on Tuesday 3rd March 7pm at St Anne’s Church Hall, Park Hill, B13 8DX.
Councillors Izzy Knowles, Philip Mills & Moseley Liberal Democrats 