Pumpkins don’t go to waste – now BCBC want your festive food too!
December 5, 2011 No CommentsHouseholders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste.
BCBC’s recycling collection partners May Gurney have revealed there was a ‘pumpkin peak’ in the week after Halloween, collecting an additional 12 tonnes of food waste on top of usual food recycling rates.
Residents were asked to leave their pumpkins out with their brown food bins for recycling, resulting in an impressive surge. Now BCBC and May Gurney want householders to have a green Christmas too, by ensuring all festive food leftovers get recycled.
Councillor Phil White, BCBC’s Cabinet Member for Communities and the council’s recycling champion, said: “First and foremost I’d like our residents to really think before they shop this year. Over the Christmas period around 230,000 tonnes of festive food worth an eye-watering £275m is thrown away across the UK. Christmas is already an expensive time of year so I’d like households to consider whether they need to buy so much.
“If you do find yourself with leftovers, please use your brown caddies to recycle food waste. All food waste can be recycled, from mince pies to a whole turkey carcass! By wrapping food in newspaper or the compostable bags we provide and then putting them out for weekly recycling means the food is not hanging around in your black bag causing smells and attracting pests.”
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