Purpose

To purchase external food waste
caddies and internal kitchen caddies as required to supply
Fenland's 49,000 domestic properties.
 
Making use of the remaining
capital funding provide by Defra (c.£213,000), with a
shortfall topped up with unutilised capital funds from similar
areas (c.£37,000) for this purchase of food waste containers
via an existing framework (ESPO).

Content

To purchase the required food
waste containers utilising the capital funding outlined.

Reasons for the decision

There is a statutory duty to
provide a weekly food waste service to all domestic premises from
2026/27. Government has provided capital and revenue funding to
support this change in law.

Alternative options considered

Not applicable.