Residents

across Torridge will soon be able to recycle their food waste as we

start to roll out our new food waste collection service.

Throughout October and November, residents on green bin routes

will be issued with a 5-litre kitchen caddy and a roll of 10 cornstarch

bags to line it, reducing the potential for odours. Meat (including

chicken bones), fish, all cooked food waste, vegetable peelings, salad,

fruit, tea, tea bags, coffee grounds and filters, egg shells, stale

bread and crusts can all be placed in your kitchen caddie and green

bin, which will be collected once a fortnight all year round.

But residents are asked to wait until they receive their kitchen caddy before starting to recycle their food waste.

Torridge

District Council's Lead Member for Recycling Adam Symons, said,

"Roughly a third of your rubbish is food waste. If you chuck it in the

rubbish bin it will be taken to landfill where it rots and gives off

methane, which is a major greenhouse gas. Now that we have access to a

local composting plant we are able to recycle that food waste instead.

Using new in-vessel composting technology, we can now take it all and

turn it into sterile and usable compost. A big bonus is that by putting

your food waste in your green wheelie bin you will get less smelly

black bags and they won't attract animals which often rip the bags

open."

Torridge is holding a series of roadshows throughout the

District as the food caddies are delivered to local households.

Residents are welcome to come along and talk to members of our

Recycling Team – for locations, times and dates please look on our

website www.torridge.gov.uk/recycling or call us on the number below.

For

more information on food waste recycling or if you are unsure if a

particular food item can be placed in your caddy and green wheelie bin,

please contact Torridge's Recycling Team on 01237 428734.