Our Food Recycling Collection Service to extend
From April 2025, all waste collection authorities in England must have a weekly collection of food waste for recycling or composting from all households.
An extra 1,653 flats and communal properties across the Guildford borough will benefit from the increase to our food waste recycling service. This will begin on the 25 November.
The expanded service
This expanded service means we will be installing new slimline, outdoor food waste wheelie bins at these properties.
Each individual household will receive:
- a free 5-litre kitchen caddy
- a roll of caddy liners
- information to help recycle food waste
Cllr George Potter, Lead Councillor for Environmental Services, said:
"Under the Government's `Simpler Recycling' legislation, waste collection authorities in England must arrange a weekly collection of food waste for recycling or composting from households. By using the new food waste bins, residents can help boost our recycling efforts. I'm really pleased that, because of this new legislation, we're now able to provide this service to flats where previously, we've been unable to.
"Recycling food waste is not only environmentally friendly but it's also cost-effective. It's over three times cheaper to send food waste to an anaerobic digestion facility for recycling, than to dispose of it as rubbish. At these facilities, food waste is broken down to produce biogas, which is then converted into electricity. The leftover material also creates a fertilizer that can be used in farming and land regeneration. A practical way to turn waste into a renewable resource."
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Publish date: 12 November 2024