Redbridge Council will roll out a new weekly food waste collection service this month, with a number of roads in Wanstead to be included in the first phase of the scheme.
Households taking part will receive a kitchen food waste caddy and an outdoor food waste caddy in November. Food waste – including meat, fish, vegetables, bread, tea bags and plate scrapings – will be recycled into renewable energy and bio-fertiliser. “This service complies with the government’s Simpler Recycling reforms, which require all councils to collect food waste separately,” said a spokesperson. Food waste currently accounts for around 40% of all household rubbish in Redbridge.
A list of roads that will receive the new food waste collection service has been published on the council’s website. Visit wnstd.com/foodwaste
