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Liverpool City Council is making strides towards improving recycling rates and reducing waste by launching a new initiative to provide free weekly food waste collections to select households starting in September. Around 15,000 properties in 15 different wards, including Childwall, Garston, Fazakerley West, and West Derby, will benefit from this service.
Households selected to participate in the initial phase of the program will receive information packs, an indoor caddy, an outdoor caddy, and odourless liners before the launch on September 22nd. All types of food waste, such as leftovers, vegetable peelings, bones, and teabags, will be accepted for recycling. The outdoor caddies are designed to be pest-proof, ensuring that rats, seagulls, and other pests cannot access the waste.
This new food waste collection service will run in conjunction with the current purple and blue bin collections, maintaining the existing schedule. A phased roll-out will enable the Council to assess vehicle capacity, routes, and the amount of food waste being recycled. Research has shown that one-third of the waste in purple bins consists of food waste that could be recycled.
Once collected, the food waste will undergo anaerobic digestion, where microorganisms break down the waste to release methane gas. This gas is then converted into biogas that can be utilized for generating electricity, heat, or transport fuels. The remaining nutrient-rich digestate can be used as a fertiliser, similar to home compost. The United Nations estimates that food waste contributes 8-10% of global man-made greenhouse gas emissions, making it vital to implement initiatives like this to reduce environmental impact
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