What you can put in your household bins

If your home gets a food waste collection, you can get free caddies and liners to help you recycle.

If your home does not get a food waste collection, you can find out about home composting.

Why recycle food waste?

Recycling food waste:

• helps the environment
• makes green energy
• creates fertiliser for farms and gardens

If food waste goes to a landfill, it gives off methane gas. This is much worse for the planet than carbon dioxide.

Find out more about food waste recycling

How to recycle your food waste

1. Place a compostable liner in the indoor caddy
2. Put your food scraps in it
3. When it is full, tie the liner and put it in your larger outdoor caddy
4. Put your outdoor caddy for collection every week

What food waste we accept

• fruit and vegetables
• bread
• dairy products
• fish and meat (including bones)
• rice
• pasta
• teabags
• egg shells
• ground coffee

What we cannot accept

• plastic packaging
• plastic bags
• liquids or oils
• animal waste

Get a food waste caddy

If we collect food waste from your property, you can order a caddy set that includes:

• a small caddy for your kitchen
• a larger lockable caddy for outside

Order a food waste caddy set

How to get more liners

When you need more liners:

1. Tie your last liner to the handle of your outdoor caddy
2. We will leave a new roll with your caddy on your next collection day

Do not use plastic bags, paper bags or newspaper instead of the liners.