Recycling your food waste is easier than you think – and it makes a big difference for the environment. Every peel, scrap, and leftover you recycle in West London helps create renewable energy and reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

To get started, visit your Borough’s food waste recycling page for simple steps and local guidance. Just click your council below and start making a positive change today!

Why should you care about food waste?

Do the right thing

Most of the food sent for recycling is taken for anaerobic digestion and the rest is sent for a different process called in-vessel composting. Both of these breakdown the food into its valuable nutrients and create a compost product that can be used to improve the soil and grow more food or plants.

Save money

You would be surprised with the amount of uneaten food that is wasted every day and ends up in with your black bin rubbish. Using your food waste caddy will show you how much you are throwing away and puts everything into perspective. People who use their food waste service are more likely to spend less food shopping as they are more aware on the amounts they are spending on surplus, uneaten food.

Eat Like A Londoner

We’re very proud to be part of Eat Like a Londoner. It’s a first-of-its-kind food platform for Londoners. It’s designed to help Londoners shop, cook and eat better: more sustainably, more cost-effectively, more deliciously. With recipes, hacks, tips and tricks – from experts and locals alike – this is the ultimate destination for anyone looking for new ways to cook, plan or save food.

Go to Eatlikealondoner.com to check it out

How to use your food waste caddy

1. ​​Keep your small, indoor caddy in the kitchen. Line your caddy with biodegradable food waste bags.

2. Throw any suitable food waste into the food waste caddy.

3. When it’s full, tie the top of your liner bag, and place it in your large, outdoor caddy.

4. Make sure your outdoor caddy is put out for collection on your local collection day.

What happens to your food waste when it is collected?

Food waste collected from your home is taken to one of our transfer stations in Ruislip & Brentford. The food waste is collected and taken to a special anaerobic digestion plant in Mitcham where it’s turned into soil fertilizer and energy for the national grid.

Your food waste is used to power homes and businesses, as well as powering the trucks collecting your food waste.

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