SIR – Re Nevill Swanson’s letter ‘What does councillor mean by ‘food waste’?(Worcester News, July 12).
According to the Food Waste Network, food waste is “any cooked or uncooked food which gets discarded”.
It says that “all types of food can be recycled – everything from raw vegetable scraps and tea bags to egg shells and even cooked or raw meat and bones”.
A food waste collection would allow everyone to recycle food waste and also give those who compost at home the opportunity to recycle food waste that cannot be home composted.
The best environmental option is clearly not to waste food in the first place and Worcestershire County Council has supported the Love Food Hate Waste Campaign, which highlights the huge amount and cost of food wasted in the UK.
According to a WRAP report on collection and recycling of food waste, about 6.7 million tonnes of food waste is produced by UK households, which is about one-fifth of total household waste.
Collecting food waste separately offers a wide range of potential benefits, such as improving recycling rates, reducing waste disposal costs as landfill costs increase, and the generation of heat and power through anaerobic digestion.
NEIL LAURENSON
Green Party councillor for St Stephen ward
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