Three quarters of councils collect general waste once a fortnight

With pressure to boost recycling and cut costs, landfill waste in England is collected less frequently - with six councils collecting it once in three weeks

More than three quarters of English councils now pick up household rubbish which cannot be recycled or composted just once a fortnight, a survey reveals.

With councils under pressure to boost recycling and cut costs, some have gone further, with six local authorities picking up residual household waste only once every three weeks.