FoodCycle takes surplus food and turns it into three-course meals served to the community.
Work to begin building the site is expected to begin in the new year.
The Shropshire Distillery is making drinks from unwanted bread, citrus fruit and raspberries.
Food waste collections roll out across Coventry and Warwickshire but not all councils are ready.
The decision is "disappointing" but a new interim solution has been arranged, a council says.
Instead of throwing away byproducts of food processing, fermentation is making them valuable.
A deadline to introduce the service was March, but councils have blamed delays on vehicle sourcing.
Only three councils in the North East and Cumbria region hit a deadline to begin weekly collections.
Changes are on their way for more residents of Northamptonshire, so how will households be affected?
