A pilot scheme involving 10,000 homes in Southwark starts on Monday 4 October. The pilot involves adding organic waste i.e. food to the weekly recycling collections via 240L, 23L and caddy brown bins and also biodegradeable plastic bags.

Those homes in the pilot will have received a non addressed letter a month ago and another leaflet this week. Hopefully you didn’t miss it!

Clearly many will be surprised come Monday with the letter and leaflet being lost in the general masses of junk mail/leaflets we all receive. To confirm if you’re in or out of the scheme you can call 020 7525 2000 – I was assured people could check this via the web but this is still not up and running.

For those that are in the scheme not all homes on a street are necessarily in the pilot – if council officers felt insufficient room to store a brown bin then they’re not included. So you can expect neighbouring properties to have either weekly or fortnightly ‘residial ‘ rubbish collections – you’ll need to pay close attention!

If you have any problems please let me know and I’ll try and help.