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Did you know...

  • £10 billion is spent on buying and then throwing away good food every year in the UK
  • We throw away 4.1 million tonnes of food waste every year, all of this could be avoided
  • One quarter of this is untouched and unopened!!!
  • Food waste can form up to 30% of the average rubbish bin contents    


This level of food waste can cost the average family between £400 and £600 a year. It really is time to look in your bins and see how you can save a small fortune!

Caddy

For the food waste that can not be avoided, Eastleigh Borough Council have decided to do something useful with it! We are now collecting this separately for composting. Until now, food waste has been buried in landfill or incinerated but you can now make this a thing of the past!

Households no longer have to dispose their kitchen waste into the black bin. Instead you can put your food waste into a brown kitchen waste bin ready for its weekly collection.  Each participating home has a smaller kitchen caddy to store the waste in before transferring it to the brown kerbside kitchen waste bin. All waste must be wrapped in either old newspaper or compostable liners carrying this logo:

Compostable

 


 

 

This waste is then processed through an indoor composting facility to produce a soil conditioner.Food waste driver

Use our property search facility on the right of this page to find out your collection day for this service.

You can place the following types of food waste into your brown bin for collection:

  • Fruit and vegetables 
  • Meat, fish and bones
  • Cooked and uncooked food
  • Leftover food
  • Bread, pasta, cereal and rice
  • Tea bags and coffee grounds
  • Dairy products and eggshells
  • Shredded paper
  • Cut flowers

The best method for lining your kitchen caddy with old newspaper:

how to line a food waste caddy with newsaper

Somerset waste partnership show how to line a food waste caddy with newspaper


Compostable bags

You can purchase the compostable bags online at:

List of local shops that sell compostable bags in your area

Area

Address

Netley Abbey

Netley Abbey post office, Station Road

Hamble

Solent convenience store

Hedge End

Hedge End post office, Upper Northam Road

Budgens, Upper Northam Road, Hedge End

Fair Oak

Fair Oak News, 1 Botley Road

Sandy Newsagents, 54 Sandy Lane

The Country Market, 35 Summerlands Road

Bishopstoke

Whalesmead Post Office, 166 Fair Oak Road

Bishopstoke Post Office, 2 Spring Lane

Co-Operative, 64-68 Fair Oak Road

Best One Newsagents

Eastleigh

Boyatt News, Shakespeare Road

Premier Twyford Stores, 87-89 Twyford Road

Longs - Greengrocers, 31 Market Street

Choccy Box Newsagents, 92 High Street

Chandler's Ford

Bayleaves Larder, 87-93 Hiltingbury Road

D&G Hardware, 1 Fryern Arcade

Chandler's Ford Pet and Aquatics, 3 Falkland Court

Curtis Bros D.I.Y Ltd, Central Precinct

Spar, Hursley Road

*** Make sure shredded paper is wrapped in newspaper or in a compostable bag before placing into your bin.***

*** Due to health & safety restrictions we are unable to accept food waste in the bins loose.***

If your bin has not been emptied or you have a question regarding this service, please contact our Support Services section on 023 8068 8440.

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