(An early information post, with dates for upcoming roadshows to explain the changes in the image below).
Residents in Solihull will benefit from a new weekly food waste recycling collection this autumn, helping to turn their waste into renewable energy and fertiliser for local farms.
Solihull Council will begin the service for most households from Monday 5 October.
This means that if you live in a house or flat and have your own bin or sacks, we’ll deliver two caddies to each household between August and September. Residents will receive a 7-litre kitchen caddy and a 23-litre lockable outdoor caddy to keep outside and deter pests, plus a guide to using the service.
The new service comes as part of the Government’s Simpler Recycling scheme, which is designed to make recycling easier and more consistent across England.
All you will need to do is put any food waste you have – such as plate scrapings, peelings and tea bags – into the new kitchen caddy. You can put most food waste in your caddy, except for liquids. When your kitchen caddy is full, empty it into your new outside food caddy ready for your normal collection day.
As residents will be recycling more and putting less waste into their rubbish bin, most households will have their rubbish collected fortnightly instead of weekly from Monday 5 October. Recycling and garden waste collections (if subscribed) will stay the same.
Also posted is an image of the bin I use before emptying it into my composter. As my composter is getting full, this will go into the weekly food waste receptical.
Ken Hawkins 