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15.05.2023 - 18:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The government wants people to separate their food and garden recycling – but bosses in Greater Manchester have concerns it could need costly new bins and collection wagons.
Under legislation introduced in 2021, ministers have told local authorities that food waste must be collected on a weekly basis separately from other green rubbish like grass cuttings. Councils in the region currently collect ‘co-mingled’ waste, which is delivered to in-vessel composting facilities (IVC) in the UK.
Similar to a home compost bin, but on a much bigger scale, the IVC system harnesses the natural composting process to recycle food and garden waste into compost in six weeks. The compost is then used as a soil improver on agricultural land.
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The government is promoting that under the weekly collections food waste would be dealt with through anaerobic digestion – the process where biomass is broken down by micro-organisms in the absence of air, releasing a methane-rich gas. This gas can be used to generate renewable heat and power, and the process also creates fertiliser.
In Tameside, food and garden waste is collected from around 88pc of properties, but not from flats or especially rural areas.
Chiefs have warned that moving to a separate weekly food waste collection, which could come into force in 2025, would require a ‘significant number’ of additional vehicles and new bins.
Director of place at Tameside council, Julian Jackson, told a cabinet meeting they believe their current method is the ‘best way to continue to deliver this service and achieve the best level of recycling’.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) contacted the Greater
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