FOOD bins will now only be collected every two weeks as part of £118million cuts.

Enfield Council currently picks green bins every week – but it will go down to every 14 days in April.

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The authority says picking up green bins is “not a statutory requirement” and that it needs to save £56m by 2020.

Cabinet member of the environment, Cllr Daniel Anderson, said: "As a result of major reductions in government funding, affecting councils across the country, we are faced with making significant cuts to services.

"Surprisingly green bin collections are non-statutory and many councils now routinely provide the service on a fortnightly basis or even less frequently. In addition, some also charge for the removal of green bins.

“Minded by the results of the consultation, cabinet has agreed to move to fortnightly green bin collections; however, residents can rest assured that we will continue to provide weekly black bin and blue bin recycling collections.”

Reducing the number of days between pick-up times means the service remains free, instead of £60 a year.

A consultation showed 87 per cent of people were in favour of fortnightly green bin collections – compared with just 13 per cent who would have rather paid.

In total 3,191 people took part in the consultation.

The decision is subject to whether it is called in by the scrutiny committee.