The Belfast City Council has just issued food caddies as well as a fresh supply of newly made biodegradable bags to more than 50,000 households across the county. Now these homes will look to become completely waste free by sending their food waste in a brown bin back to by recycled instead of into a landfill.
The Council is making it possible for Belfast residents to cut down the amount of food waste being generated in the city, by providing a service which would recycle food waste garnered from homes. Prior to allowing food waste to be placed into brown bins, the bins were only allowed to contain garden waste, such as grass cuttings, leaves, hedge trimmings, etc.
Pat McCarthy, a councillor for the city and chairman for the council’s Health and Environmental Services Committee, announced that the new programme will not only allow residents to recycle their food waste, but will allow the council to further manage waste from homes in the city more effectively.
He continued, however, saying that naturally the new programme would need a period of adjustment for residents to begin to adapt to using the service. But he did call for Belfast residents to put forth their best effort in beginning to make the new scheme a success. The council has issued a phone hotline, 0800 032 8100, that residents can call if unsure of what is allowed to be placed in the bin.
Parts of the city had already been participating in the programme as part of a pilot trial for the food scheme, however, now the entire city will have access to the biodegradable bags which can be used to package up food waste and then be placed in the brown garden bins.
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