Kitchen caddies and liners in north Shropshire
In a bid to encourage the recycling of food waste, Shropshire Council has recently made available for purchase kitchen caddies and liners to make recycling food waste cleaner and easier.
All types of food waste have been accepted in the garden waste collection service in the former North Shropshire District Council area since the start of the alternate week collection system. However, evidence suggests that few households put food waste in with their garden waste.
The kitchen caddies and liners are specifically designed to enable households to recycle their food waste cleanly, easily and hygienically. The liners have handles that can be tied and are made from corn starch that is fully compostable and biodegradable.
Households in the former North Shropshire District Council area can put their food waste in with their garden waste collection, regardless of whether they have a wheelie bin or sack-based service. The food waste can be put in loose, wrapped in a few sheets of newspaper, or within the compostable liners.
All types of food waste can be recycled, including cooked and uncooked food, meat and fish, fruit and vegetables, bread, cakes and pastries, rice, pasta and beans, loose tea, tea bags and coffee grounds.
The mixed garden and food waste is collected for enclosed composting where it is treated at high temperature to ensure it is sterile and safe to use in agriculture and horticulture.
A kitchen caddy costs just £3.50 and a roll of compostable liners costs £3.99 for a roll of 52. The caddies and liners are available now from the council’s Customer First Points at:
• Ellesmere Library
• 49 Cheshire Street, Market Drayton
• Edinburgh House, Wem
• The Heritage Centre, Whitchurch
Councillor Mike Owen, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for waste management and recycling, said:
“Households in the UK throw away around seven million tonnes of food waste every year and Shropshire Council has been at the forefront of the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign to reduce this. However, there is always some unavoidable food waste and the new kitchen caddies and liners will make it easier and cleaner for households to recycle the unavoidable food waste with their garden waste, helping to make good quality compost.”
