Maidstone Borough Council 3 Your new food waste collection service
Refuse and recycling services have changed, to recycle more with a new food waste collection, processing the food in the most environmentally acceptable way.
Food waste is now collected every week on the same day as rubbish and recycling collections. With a weekly food waste collection, there is no need to collect the remainder of your rubbish so often, so the grey wheelie bin for rubbish will be collected every other week.
If you have shared rubbish and recycling bins, your current collection service will not change.
Trying out the new service
Some Maidstone families trialed the new food waste service during December and January. Here’s what two had to say:
The Parks family from Grove Green.
“It was so simple to use. Both my children were keen recyclers already and took to it without any problems. “The kitchen caddy was the right size and the liners didn’t tear and were easy to tie up. There were no smells in the kitchen and apart from Christmas, when we had guests, I have only been using one liner a week. I tend to compost a lot, and put things out for the birds so actually don’t throw much away. “My initial concerns about another bin outside my property were unfounded, as it takes up very little space and the colours look good too.”
The Lindsays from Coxheath
“It’s gone quite well so far. The kitchen caddy is a good size; not too big to get in the way but big enough to hold a few days waste. We haven’t noticed any ‘food smells’. “The outside food waste bin is well-designed. The locking lid is good and will prevent accidental spills and animal interference.” “Most challenging for me is remembering to recycle food waste, and remembering to use the food caddy. We used to wrap food waste in newspaper to put in the refuse bin, which is quite bulky, so we have much less waste going into the grey wheelie bin for rubbish.”
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Don’t forget you can also use your green wheeled bin to recycle many items
Your newfoodwaste collection service Maidstone Borough Council
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