Every household on Merseyside is set to see a major change to bin collections in less than two years.
The government had said all councils across England must be recycling food waste by April 1 2026 after legislation was passed in 2021.
The government had said all councils across England must be recycling food waste by April 1 2026 after legislation was passed in 2021.
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00:00Every household on Merseyside is set to see a major change to bin collections in less than two years.
00:06The government said all councils across England must be recycling food waste by April 1st 2026 after legislation was passed in 2021.
00:14Food waste collections would typically see households receiving two new bins,
00:18some more caddy for food waste as it's produced and a larger container for food waste scraps.
00:24According to data published by the central government, more than 10 million tonnes of food is wasted every year in the UK, much of it sent to landfill.
00:32The new food waste collections aim to separate food waste from every household and prevent contamination of other waste which could be usefully recycled.
00:40Food waste can then be sent to anaerobic digestion facilities rather than needlessly lost to landfill.
00:45The government hopes that redirecting of food waste to these plants will generate more sustainable energy to power homes and businesses
00:52and cut down the more than 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions associated with this waste.