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Food waste

Food waste recycling collection service - from March 2026

About the service

The council will be providing every household with a weekly food waste collection service:

You will be able to recycle all your food waste:

  • Uneaten food/plate scrapings
  • Raw meat, cooked meat and bones
  • Fish - cooked fish and bones
  • Dairy products, cheese and eggs
  • Tea bags and coffee grounds
  • Rice, pasta and beans
  • Bread, cakes and pastries
  • Raw vegetables, cooked vegetables, whole fruit and peelings
  • Your mouldy and out-of-date food, including ready meals removed from their packaging

Do not put in your caddy:

  • Liquids such as milk
  • Oil or liquid fat 

 

  • Packaging of any kind
  • Any material that is not food waste 

Reasons to recycle your food waste:

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