The scheme is funded by central government and will be no extra cost to residents
A new food waste recycling service is set to launch in part of Cambridgeshire next month. Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) will begin the new, weekly waste service which is a free scheme funded by central government, so there are no extra costs to residents.
All food waste, including fruit and vegetable peelings, leftover food, tea bags and coffee grounds, bread, rice, pasta, meat and fish and pet food, should no longer go in your general waste bin and should be put in your food waste caddy to be recycled.
Some households have already received a seven-litre kitchen caddy to use indoors and a 23-litre food waste bin for outdoors but all residents are set to receive them by March 28.
Residents in communal properties (flats or shared housing) will be receiving an indoor caddy and a larger communal bin for food waste.
Executive Councillor for Parks and Countryside, Waste and Street Scene, Cllr Julie Kerr said: “This new weekly food waste recycling service is a simple but powerful way for all of us to protect our environment.”
Instead of being disposed of in landfills, the collected food waste will now go through a process called anaerobic digestion, where it will be turned into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertiliser.
The aim is to make food waste recycling easier for residents and a simple way to contribute to reducing carbon emissions and provide a greener future for Huntingdonshire.
Cllr Kerr continued: “The easy change of separating food waste from household waste is something that the whole family can get involved in and will make it clearer how much food gets thrown away. It will hopefully reduce both waste and household costs by buying less food and together we can make Huntingdonshire greener for future generations.”