Denbighshire County Council has teamed up with Waste Awareness Wales to encourage householders to use their food waste bin in order to cut down on the amount of rubbish sent to landfill.
Households in Denbighshire produce an estimated 6,000 tonnes of food waste each year, of which 2,500 tonnes is already recycled. Food waste collections, currently provided to around two thirds of households in Denbighshire will be available to all by the end of 2012.
Wales is the leading UK country for recycling and Denbighshire is one of the Councils leading the way. However, even in Denbighshire too much food waste is going in black wheeled-bins when it could easily be recycled.
Jim Espley, manager of Denbighshire’s waste service, said: : “Separating food waste from your regular black bin waste is easy. All food types are accepted, including meat and fish both cooked and uncooked, fruit and vegetable peelings, dairy products, bread, cakes and pastries, rice, beans and pasta.
“Even the bits that you wouldn’t normally eat, such as eggshell and bones, can go into your food waste bin. Tea bags and coffee grounds can also be recycled, along with the leftovers from your plate at the end of a meal.”
Mr Espley continued: “Until Denbighshire’s own AD plant is ready, our food waste is being sent to an AD plant in Shropshire where it is turned into renewable energy, as well as compost and fertiliser.
“The best thing we can do is to avoid wasting food altogether, but where waste cannot be avoided at least we can minimise damage to the environment by recycling our food.
