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Funding for food waste collections needed sooner rather than later

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Gove launches landmark blueprint for resources and waste

Minister: waste strategy will require food waste collections

AD industry joins coalition calling for food waste collections

Food service companies pledge to help halve food waste

Government must do the right thing with universal food waste collections 

14 February 2019 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal 

 

The UK's food waste recycling industry has written to the Treasury and Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) calling for government funding for the roll-out of separate food waste collections in England to be fast-tracked.

 

In letters to Exchequer secretary Robert Jenrick MP and MHCLG Secretary of State, James Brokenshire MP, Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), highlight the need for meaningful funding for cash-strapped local authorities to roll out separate food waste collections and reiterate the importance of government support for anaerobic digestion (AD) to recycle inedible food waste into renewable energy and natural fertiliser.

 

The government's Resources & Waste Strategy, published shortly before Christmas, includes a commitment to rolling out and funding separate food waste collections for all households and "appropriate businesses" in England, subject to consultation.

 

Ms Morton said: "ADBA is calling on government to make funding available to local authorities for food waste collections as quickly as possible so the economic and environmental benefits of these can be realised as quickly as possible.

 

"We estimate that universal food waste collections for households alone could achieve a carbon saving of up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent per year, the equivalent to taking three quarters of a million cars off the road, while the National Infrastructure Commission has estimated that they would save local authorities up to £400 million in capital costs and £1.1 billion in operational costs between 2020 and 2050.

 

"If the funding support is effective and gets buy-in from local authorities, the evidence from Wales of the impact of universal food waste collections in boosting recycling rates and diverting food from landfill is compelling.

 

"ADBA has already had a number of constructive conversations with government departments on this issue, and we look forward to seeing the government's detailed strategy for rolling out separate collections as soon as possible."

 

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