Policy paper
Food waste collections - additional funding for local authorities
Additional food waste collection grant determination and funding allocations.
Applies to England
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Defra has allocated funding to local authorities to support weekly food waste collections.
These grant determinations give details of additional and new funding allocations made in 2024 and 2025.
The first set of Grant Determination Letters were sent to local authorities in February 2024.
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Published 7 October 2025
Last updated 17 October 2025
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Food waste collection grant determination (2026): No 31/7989 added.
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First published.