Food is NOT Safe for Landfill
You might think that if something is biodegradable, it’s safe to throw into general waste. But no! In landfill, these substances don’t have access to enough oxygen and release dangerous methane when they break down. That’s why it’s essential that all food waste is recycled safely and turned into compost by the council via your food caddy.
You Don’t Need A Garden
Home-composting is great if you have the space and the time (and any use for compost…). But this certainly isn’t where composting ends! Where there’s food, there can be compost. You can put ALL food waste (except liquids and fat) into your food caddy. Then the council takes it away, recycles it, and makes compost that’s used to grow all sorts of things that impact on your life. And no work for you. Easy peasy.
Recycling Food Saves Money
It costs £50 LESS per tonne to recycle food waste and make compost than to send it to landfill. In Northern Ireland, that means making full use of food caddies could save your council roughly £6 MILLION per year! Money that could be spent on other essentials, like improving public services. And it’s just a matter of which bin you put your peelings in…
Composting Keeps Things Neat
Lots of people make the mistake of thinking that separating your food waste is messier than just throwing everything into one binbag. Actually, it saves time and improves your kitchen experience. It’s much easier to have a small, mobile caddy at the ready when you’re preparing food. AND using your caddy can really reduce bin-stink! The bad smell of your general waste bin usually comes from rotting food. By putting food waste into a caddy for compost that you empty regularly, you stop this stench building up.
You Local Park Needs You
You may not have a garden of your own, but you have your local park. Parks are shared by everyone, and recent studies have shown that these little patches of nature are really important for good mental health. And its YOUR food waste that maintains them.
That’s right, when you recycle food via your food caddy you’re helping to grow those Spring flowers that cheered you up that morning on your way to work, or the grass that your dog runs around on, or your kids play football on, or the tree you sit under to eat your lunch… You’re more involved than you think, so take pride in compost and use your food caddy.