![]() "I’d like to say a big thank you to all residents who are currently recycling their food waste for their fantastic efforts and encourage others to support and make use of the weekly food waste collections on offer. The campaign will run throughout the year with the message being displayed at train stations and bus stops across the area.Ĭouncillor Paul Ferretti, Convener of the Council’s Place, Neighbourhood and Corporate Assets Committee, said, “Recycling rates in East Dunbartonshire are really good, but we’ve noticed the amount of people using the food waste service has dropped off recently, and we’d like to help people get back into the habit. The new campaign aims to show residents that recycling food waste is really a-peeling as it helps the environment and reduces landfill. Think about those tea bags, coffee grounds, veg peelings, bones and egg shells. You might think it's nacho problem, but research shows that even people who think they don’t create any food waste actually create around 2.9kg a week. Instead of being recycled, it could end up in landfill where it emits harmful methane gas once it breaks down. Lettuce tell you that over 30 per cent of rubbish being chucked into grey residual bins across East Dunbartonshire is made up of food waste. Doughnut let your food go to waste! That's the message from East Dunbartonshire Council as a campaign to encourage more residents to use the weekly food recycling service is launched.
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