Food Waste Recycling
The best thing to do with food, is not waste it. We support the Love Food Hate Waste campaign. For more information about how to avoid food waste visit the Wales Recycles website here.
For the food waste you do produce, we provide a weekly collection service.
Did you know that the food waste we collect in the food waste service is used to generate green electricity?
Find out more here.
Every Week
Food waste collection – the benefits
Why you should use the food waste collection service:
| Use the food waste service? | Put your food waste in the black bag? |
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It’s hygienic. The food waste is collected every week, reducing odours and hygiene issues. |
Food waste must be stored at home for 3 weeks. |
| The lockable food waste bins help prevent bins from attracting wildlife. | Food waste in “black bags” attracts wildlife, potentially causing a nuisance. |
| It’s easy to use. We provide containers and liners for the food waste caddy, making it cleaner and easier to use. | Will make it harder to limit your “black bag” waste. |
| The food collected through the food waste service is sent to an Anaerobic Digestion facility where’s it’s used to produce a fertilizer and renewable energy. | The food waste goes to an energy from waste facility, or to landfill. |
| The food waste is recycled, helping us to meet statutory recycling targets and avoid fines. | The food waste isn’t recycled. |
| The food waste is cheaper to treat. | The food waste is more expensive to dispose of. |
The food waste service is easy to use, and will help you to manage the “black bag” restrictions.
How to recycle your food waste
- Line your 7 litre kitchen caddy with a liner
- Add your food waste
- When you’re ready (you don’t have to wait until the caddy if full), remove the liner containing the waste, tie it up and pop it into the lockable 23 litre outdoor kerbside caddy.
- Put your lockable outdoor kerbside caddy out for collection on waste collection day
Where can I get caddies and liners from?
What waste we accept
Food waste should only be presented in the tied food waste liners inside the large food waste container, both of which are provided by the Council.
All unpackaged food waste, whether cooked or uncooked, can go into your food waste caddy. This includes:
- All food waste (cooked or uncooked) or freezer contents
- Any left-over food from plates
- Any outdated food
- Bread, pastries and confectionaries
- Dairy products
- Fish (cooked and uncooked), bones and carcasses
- Meat (cooked and uncooked), bones and carcasses
- Tea bags and coffee grounds
- Fruit and vegetables (whole and peelings)
- Egg shells
- Small amounts of cooking oil (Please make sure it has cooled to room temperature before placing in the food bin)
Liners
Please use the liners provided by the Council to line your kitchen caddy. Please do not use any other type of plastic bags as the liners provided have been approved for use by the food waste treatment facility. The plastic liners are removed from the food waste treatment facility and sent to an Energy from Waste plant where the liners are treated in order to produce heat and electricity.
How to get more liners
Tie your yellow tag to your food waste container on collection day and our collection team will aim to leave a roll of liners behind. Alternatively our food waste liners are available from Community Recycling Hubs.
You don’t have to line the outdoor bin, but if you want to, large liners are available to buy from our Customer Service Centres or Tourist Information Centres.
Indoor caddy and outdoor bin
If you need to replace a missing or broken container or need an additional container as you have a large amount of food waste (e.g. large family) please visit a Customer Service Centre or contact us.