Edinburgh expands food recycling scheme
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 09:20:32
Residents of Edinburgh will be in a better position to be able to recycle their food waste, as a result of the rollout of a city-wide scheme announced this month.
The Scotsman reports that the council is providing food recycling bins to every household, after the success of a trial initiative operated on a small scale.
Experts estimate that the average Edinburgh home disposes of around 450 worth of waste food each year, all of which is fully compostable and recyclable, which makes the implementation of this new bins scheme a cost-effective decision.
The council is also hoping that by highlighting the issue of food recycling, it will make residents think carefully about how they buy and use food.
Most of the waste is generated because people buy too much and then do not use it in time, which means they then throw it out.
In Edinburgh, tens of thousands of households will receive a kitchen caddy, into which waste food can be placed. These will then be emptied into communal bins on the street, before being collected by the council for processing.
The council is hoping that the new scheme will have a significant impact, without requiring a major change to the way that current systems for waste disposal operate.
In 2012, the council spent 13 million on disposing of the city's waste at landfill sites, which reveals the true cost of inadequate recycling levels.
If food waste is separated out from general waste, it will not end up being shipped off to landfill sites and will, instead, be recycled in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.
The same mentality should ideally be applied to all waste products, because communities across the UK are being urged to adopt disposal practices that result in the maximum amount of recycling.
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