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Food waste kitchen caddy and outside bin

Raw and cooked food waste is collected weekly and recycled.

In this section:

• How to use your food waste caddy/bin
• Food waste caddy liners and carbon filters
• What happens to your food waste

For information about recycling arrangements over the Christmas/ New Year holiday see:

• Festive recycling
     

Food waste bins

Householders are supplied with a

• kitchen food caddy for leftovers and peelings.
• small outside lidded bin for food waste to be transferred from your kitchen caddy and put out for collection. 

Most communal bin users will not have an individual outside food waste bin, but will empty their kitchen caddy straight into a communal food waste bin. Communal bins will be emptied twice weekly.

What to put in your food waste bin

ANY raw and cooked foods including:

• Dairy products (including butter, cheese, eggs, eggshells)
• Fish, meat and bones
• Rice and pasta
• Fat and lard
• Fruit and vegetables
• Tea bags and coffee grounds
• Bread and cake
• Pet food

Putting food waste to good use

Food waste is recycled into compost for use on farmland and turned into renewable electricity, see:

•  What happens to your food waste 

Some food waste such as peelings can be composted at home, for more information: 

• Home composting

Reducing food waste

Around £12 billion worth of food is wasted by UK households every year. For advice on cutting your food waste, see the

• Love Food Hate Waste website

If you have any queries about our waste and recycling service please contact us via our general enquiry form or call 01993 861025.

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