By Laura Michell
Whittlesea residents will be able to add their food scraps to their garden waste bin from next month.
The council’s ‘scraps to soil’ recycling service begins on July 1 and is available to all residents who have a garden waste bin.
The council has started delivering kitchen caddies and compostable bin liners to eligible households.
Whittlesea council administrator Lydia Wilson said households that recycle food waste could make a huge impact on reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill.
“More than 40 per cent of waste in the City of Whittlesea is food,” she said.
“Recycling food scraps has enormous environmental benefits because food rotting in landfill produces greenhouse gasses. There is also a financial benefit as landfill levies that are passed on to council by the state government and then on to ratepayers will be reduced.”
To sign up for a garden waste bin, which costs $77, or find out more about the program visit whittlesea.vic.gov.au/foodwaste or call 9217 2170.
