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Our local council is going to introduce this later in the year, anyone have it already, curious to know if we put it into recyclable bags and then in the special bin, or do we end up with leftover foods sticking to a bin that needs washing out every week.
 
mikew said:
Our local council is going to introduce this later in the year, anyone have it already, curious to know if we put it into recyclable bags and then in the special bin, or do we end up with leftover foods sticking to a bin that needs washing out every week.
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This has been the case for ages down here in Surrey

We have a kitchen caddy/bin that we have to put liners (bought in the supermarket) in which are compostable (whatever you do don't bulk buy them, as being made of cellulose starch based material they age i.e. they will naturally break down over time.....don't ask me how I know :( :lol: ). I think recall seeing in the intro booklet that newspaper would be OK ~ NIMO :(

Then there is the outside caddy that gets put out for the bin men to empty. This caddy is approx big enough to take 3 of bags (tied up ;) ) kitchen caddy bags.

Downsides ~
the kitchen bag even if not filled needs to be put out within max of week as they can sweat (we put a folded newspaper layer in the bottom of the caddy.
Now, because the bags can sweat, in the summer months the outside bin can get some liquid collected in it base (I normally) when this is present spray the inside of the bi with disinfectant and then flush it out, down the outside drain. NB the inside one likewise as needed on a more frequent basis.

PS personally I was glad that we no longer had such food waste going into landfill :)
 
Box Brownie said:
This has been the case for ages down here in Surrey

We have a kitchen caddy/bin that we have to put liners (bought in the supermarket) in which are compostable (whatever you do don't bulk buy them, as being made of cellulose starch based material they age i.e. they will naturally break down over time.....don't ask me how I know :( :LOL: ). I think recall seeing in the intro booklet that newspaper would be OK ~ NIMO :(

Then there is the outside caddy that gets put out for the bin men to empty. This caddy is approx big enough to take 3 of bags (tied up ;) ) kitchen caddy bags.

Downsides ~
the kitchen bag even if not filled needs to be put out within max of week as they can sweat (we put a folded newspaper layer in the bottom of the caddy.
Now, because the bags can sweat, in the summer months the outside bin can get some liquid collected in it base (I normally) when this is present spray the inside of the bi with disinfectant and then flush it out, down the outside drain. NB the inside one likewise as needed on a more frequent basis.

PS personally I was glad that we no longer had such food waste going into landfill :)
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Thanks, like you ime all for it was just concerned how it would work, we have recycled for a long time as the local drop off point was on the way to the supermarket.
 
We don't have any food waste, we buy just enough for what we need. At meal times I make sure I don't pile the plates high, so removing the possibility of left over food.
 
jonbeeza said:
We don't have any food waste, we buy just enough for what we need. At meal times I make sure I don't pile the plates high, so removing the possibility of left over food.
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So no vegetable peelings, banana skins, left over chicken bones, etc.....and then what about the accidentally burnt/inedible after cooked stuff.
 
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Mr Perceptive said:
So no vegetable peelings, banana skins, left over chicken bones, etc.....and then what about the accidentally burnt/inedible after cooked stuff.
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I was waiting for that, and I was right. I also had a few possibilities from who, and again I was right. ;)



We have jacket potatoes so no skin, the dog eats the bones, so no bones. The Banana skins go in compost bin. Last time I burnt food, was way back in the 1970s, I now keep a close eye on cooking food. (y):)(y)
 
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@jonbeeza but for those who do not have space/set up for a compost bin & only have veggie peelings etc, then this is the alternative and could equally be badged as 'no food waste' and 'buying what we need' as it's also going to a compost bin. The insinuation that anyone using a Council scheme doesn't know how to manage their food budgeting i assume was just to get people's backs up? Well done for your composting, but no need to snark at others who use a council scheme. The general composting advice i've seen has always said there are some exceptions to what can do in home composting bin, but i know my dad doesn't follow that and hasn't had a problem so you're probably on same page as him on that.

(your dog eats cooked bones tho??)

@mikew - like others, we've had the food collection scheme for some time and the process described above is pretty standard thru out most schemes (altho one council here as a large green bin which takes food and garden waste - wheras my council charges for garden waste collection) - i think the major variation seems to be on the availability of the compostable bags that line the bin - my council provides a stock of these twice a year - it's usually enough for me - but i guess depending on how much 'food waste' someone generates they may need to buy top up (an incentive to address any real food being wasted in that case!)

It's a shame recycling schemes seem to have been so poorly implemented across the UK in that that every council seems to use a different contractor and therefore it varys so much across the country. My friend in germany is surprised by how many things cannot be taken at kerb side as they have one scheme across whole country so it's standard wherever you are. Some schemes are very good in what they taken, but the inconsistency across the UK is the issue.
 
Our council collects food waste weekly along with the rest of the recycling. You're advised to use compostable bags or newspaper to wrap the food. As we only use it for meat waste we've used that part of the service perhaps a dozen times in the last five years (we buy boneless meat most of the time). All our other food waste goes in the compost.
 
dan_yell said:
@jonbeeza but for those who do not have space/set up for a compost bin & only have veggie peelings etc, then this is the alternative and could equally be badged as 'no food waste' and 'buying what we need' as it's also going to a compost bin. The insinuation that anyone using a Council scheme doesn't know how to manage their food budgeting i assume was just to get people's backs up? Well done for your composting, but no need to snark at others who use a council scheme. The general composting advice i've seen has always said there are some exceptions to what can do in home composting bin, but i know my dad doesn't follow that and hasn't had a problem so you're probably on same page as him on that.

(your dog eats cooked bones tho??)

@mikew - like others, we've had the food collection scheme for some time and the process described above is pretty standard thru out most schemes (altho one council here as a large green bin which takes food and garden waste - wheras my council charges for garden waste collection) - i think the major variation seems to be on the availability of the compostable bags that line the bin - my council provides a stock of these twice a year - it's usually enough for me - but i guess depending on how much 'food waste' someone generates they may need to buy top up (an incentive to address any real food being wasted in that case!)

It's a shame recycling schemes seem to have been so poorly implemented across the UK in that that every council seems to use a different contractor and therefore it varys so much across the country. My friend in germany is surprised by how many things cannot be taken at kerb side as they have one scheme across whole country so it's standard wherever you are. Some schemes are very good in what they taken, but the inconsistency across the UK is the issue.
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No, we don't have a dog. ;)
 
We've had this for years too, food waste goes in the green garden waste bin.
All waste food any organic matter.
Along with the grass clippings.

We also have a "caddy" a small bucket with a lid, for the kitchen it comes in two sizes.
5L & 10L iirc.
 
Most of our food "waste" goes in... ME! Apparently we'll be getting a food waste collection fairly soon. Tried to do home composting a few years ago but a pocket handkerchief sized garden means that there wasn't enough harder garden waste for the compost to work properly so it's gone in the bin. We share a brown bin with a neighbour.
 
We have tissues for that! And I see you already have your coat!!!
 
We've had this for years, small brown caddy that gets lined with disposable bags (council supplied), emptied every 3 days or so into the outside brown bin that's's for garden waste and kitchen waste, don't grow anything bit grass so no need for compost, bloody grass grows quick enough without any help.
 
mj4456 said:
small brown caddy that gets lined with disposable bags (council supplied),
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They are tight around here, we are supposed to line them newspapers.
I guess the free ones are some use after all :D
 
We have a small caddy for the kitchen, which we line with council supplied compositble bags, then decant those into a larger caddy outside, which the council empty once a week. There is always a bit of farage left in the bottom of both, but the small one gets washed up with other kitchen stuff, and the large one gets a squirt of disinfectant stuff and a swoosh with the hose. We've stuck a 'Mind the farage' sticker on the caddies to warn anyone who might be emptying them.
 
jonbeeza said:
I was waiting for that, and I was right. I also had a few possibilities from who, and again I was right. ;)



We have jacket potatoes so no skin, the dog eats the bones, so no bones. The Banana skins go in compost bin. Last time I burnt food, was way back in the 1970s, I now keep a close eye on cooking food. (y):)(y)
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Well you’ve got two choices (sorry one choice, two options) you either compost your food ‘waste’ yourself or you let the council compost it for you.
 
We also have council food waste collection, although we have very little food waste just the usual, veggie peeling, fruit cores etc. . System seems to be the same or similar to others. Free compostable bags into a small caddy and then into the garden bin, thats brown round here. Only real problem is its collected every two weeks which can be problematic in summer!
 
We’ve had food recycling for years, but the council doesn’t supply the bags, we have to buy them. Stinks in summer even though it’s a weekly collection, but I suppose having our own compost heap with it all on would too. ( we do have a compost heap but it’s green waste mainly as we aren’t paying the crazy fee the council wants for green waste recycling that used to be free)
 
TCR4x4 said:
as we aren’t paying the crazy fee the council wants for green waste recycling that used to be free
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Its free here, but they did stop supply Black bags ( general waste) sometime ago.
Pink, now white bags, for recyclables are still free.
 
Our council use anaerobic digesters rather than composting the food waste so apparently we can use plastic bags for lining our caddie, but the starch bags are just as easy to get these days.

Interestingly we apparently cannot put in the ”compostable” mailing bags that subscription magazines are using to replace plastic....so have to landfill them rather than recycle the plastic...

All in all its a bit of a stupid game and the government and local government association should have got a grip on it years ago with a list of nationwide universally accepted items and a tax on packaging that doesn’t comply with the list....
 
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