Food waste recycling supported
From a study conducted recently, Defra has disclosed that members of the public are supportive of separate food waste collections which the body considering critical in the efforts being made in the United Kingdom to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills.
Minister Joan Ruddock said that the study revealed that close to seventy per cent of households utilise a food waste collection scheme regularly where it is offered once a week and once in two weeks for the residual waste. The study also found that the once a week food waste collection and the once in two weeks residual waste collection schemes ensured that the highest amount of food waste was collected from homes.
The research which was commissioned by Defra was conducted by consultants Brook Lyndhurst. The research sample involved four thousand four hundred and thirty one households spread over 6 local authority areas providing different food waste collection schemes. These areas were Taunton, Weymouth, Bexley, Cambridge, Fenland and Hackney.
The study also revealed that ten per cent of the households did not see the need of recycling their food waste. The study also found out that dedicated food waste-only collection schemes obtained more food waste than schemes which had garden waste collections as well.
Minister Joan Ruddock further observed that the study revealed that there was still room for improvement concerning management of food waste and especially to ensure that the European targets of reducing the amount of waste being sent t landfills was met.
While the Local Government Association expressed support for food waste collections, the association urged Defra to offer funding to enhance the scheme.
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