Food Waste Collection Trials

Overall around 6.7million tonnes of food waste is produced by households in the UK - that's about a third of our domestic waste.

We are all concerned about the amount of packaging that we have to deal with, but in reality the amount of food wasted by households in the UK is even greater. Food waste is a terrific resource that can be composted to make a great soil improver as well as fermented to make an environmentally friendly fertilizer. However, care needs to be taken with some types of food waste and not all of it can be added to the compost heap at home.

That’s why we’ve introduced trial kerbside collections of food waste as part of existing kerbside recycling services in parts of Leicestershire. Harborough District Council and Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, as members of the Leicestershire Waste Management Partnership, have been working together to provide residents with a trial collection of household food waste. The new service is available to selected homes in Barwell, Broughton Astely, Burbage and Lutterworth.

The trials will help local authorities to examine the feasbility and popularity of a collection scheme.

Love Food Hate Waste

The best way of tackling food waste is of course to reduce the amount produced in the first place. For tips on how to reduce waste and save money, please visit our Love Food Hate Waste page.