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Print articleFood waste forms 30% of the average Rhondda Cynon Taf refuse bin contents. Residents who already take advantage of the kerbside recycling schemes, will be provided with two food waste containers. One is a small kitchen caddy, about the size of a large ice cream container, with a bag inside. Once this is filled then the bag can be tied securely and placed inside a new waste collection bin to be emptied during the usual weekly collection.
The kitchen caddy has a click-shut lid and the larger kitchen waste bin has a locking handle to prevent any smells escaping as well as avoiding attracting unwanted attention from animals.
The kitchen waste bin allows you to recycle fruit and vegetables, cooked and uncooked food, bread, pasta, ceral and rice, dairy products and eggshells, kitchen towels, contaminated or soiled paper or cardboard food wrappings, meat and fish, leftover food, teabags and coffee grounds and also bones.
The scheme is an optional service as some residents already compost kitchen waste, but the Rhondda Cynon Taf Council service collects ALL kitchen waste. Kitchen waste bins containing the wrong waste will not be emptied.
Household rubbish will still be collected every week along with all recycling collections as per normal.
The new kitchen waste recycling scheme has already been launched in Brynna near Llanharan and Trealaw in the Rhondda. It has now gone out to Llwydcoed in the Cynon Valley and over subsequent months more and more communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf will be introduced to it.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Frontline Service Cllr Anthony Christopher said:
?This is another ?Rolls Royce? scheme adopted by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and I'm pleased to see that once again we are at the very forefront of recycling initiatives throughout Wales.
?Other local authorities will realise that our pioneering approach to recycling will be accepted as a benchmark for others to follow.
?We hope that even more of our residents take advantage of yet another new recycling scheme and help us in securing a better environment for the next generation to enjoy.?
