Since launching its food waste recycling service, Swindon Borough Council announced it has recycled 4,000 tonnes of food waste and saved over £500,000.
Residents in Swindon can order two caddies – a five-litre caddy for use indoors and a 23-litre caddy for use outdoors – from the Council’s website.
When the small indoor caddy is full, residents only need to empty its contents into the outdoor caddy and put it out for 6.30 a.m. on their collection day.
Commenting on the service, Councillor Chris Watts, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and the Environment, said: “We want to be as responsible as we can and, although we’re in a great position in that we send so little waste to landfill, we could make things even better if we recycled more of our waste, including both food and plastics.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported our new food waste collection service since it has been introduced, helping us achieve a greener Swindon.”
Local authority recycling services
Earlier this year, Newcastle City Council introduced a new weekly food waste recycling service for over 5000 residents to generate renewable energy and produce fertiliser to grow crops.
Collections for the trial began on 17 September for 5,200 households from across six of the city’s wards – Kingston Park South, Newbiggin Hall, Blakelaw, West Fenham, Benwell & Scotswood, and Wingrove.
