Lancashire County Council has launched a public consultation on its draft waste strategy ‘A Low Waste Lancashire’ and wants Lancaster residents to help shape how their bins, recycling, and waste are managed for the next decade. The county council’s consultation portal describes the document as setting “the future direction for collection, management and disposal services” across the county.
People have until 9 August 2026 to complete a survey that county officials say will take no more than ten minutes. The draft strategy lists three goals: running an efficient waste system, cutting waste and boosting recycling, and delivering value for money. Feedback will feed directly into a final version due to be published later this year.
Lancaster is one of 14 waste collection authorities inside the Lancashire Waste Partnership, a body that has existed since 1997 and brings together all 15 councils responsible for municipal waste. The last county-wide plan, ‘Rubbish to Resources’, was adopted in 2009 and set targets to recycle 56 per cent of waste by 2015 and 61 per cent by 2020. The new document is designed to replace that ageing framework and give councils a long-term planning tool, taking account of expected housing growth, changing laws, and shifts in policy.
The consultation does not propose specific changes to bin rounds in Lancaster, but it asks residents for their views on broad principles that will steer decisions for contracts, facilities, and household services up to 2036. County officers will analyse the responses after the August deadline and use them to produce a final strategy later in 2026.
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