A new food waste collection service is set to start in Warrington on March 31.
The aim of it is to increase recycling, increase the production of green energy and lower the town’s environmental impact.
The collections will take place weekly.
It will take the number of bins for Warrington residents to three, and four if they subscribe to green bin collections.
Residents will be given a five-litre indoor caddy, a roll of five-litre caddy liners, and a 23-litre outdoor caddy.
In relation to giving these items to residents, the council says its contracted delivery team has now completed all residential properties and it has internal teams working to deliver to flats and apartments prior to March 31, and any resident who has not received a caddy can report this online.
Residents are being asked to put a caddy liner into the 5-litre caddy and then add their food waste.
Once their 5-litre caddy is full, they should tie the liner and put this into their 23-litre outdoor caddy.
The 23-litre caddy is put outside, like other bins, for collection.
The council confirmed more staff are being recruited for this service – with a recruitment process for staff to ‘help support and deliver’ this new service ongoing.
During his visit to Warrington last Thursday, minister for energy consumers Martin McCluskey said: “I think everyone’s got a role to play, both in terms of decarbonisation but also in terms of looking after our environment.
“These kind of simple changes that councils can make – whether it’s introducing better recycling schemes, food waste recycling – they really do make a big, big difference at very low impact for residents and homeowners.
“I’ve seen it my own constituency, I’ve seen it in other parts of the country as well, the difference it can actually make.
“I think people want that choice now as well, they want to be able to recycle, they want to be able to leave the least impact on the environment that they possibly can, so it’s great that they’re doing that here in Warrington.”
The council has been asked if it confident the town’s food waste collection service will have a significant positive impact.
A spokesman said: “This is a national initiative required by the Government, and we’ve been working hard to make it a success. We carried out extensive consultation, with around 1,000 residents taking part.
“The majority of feedback was positive, showing that people are enthusiastic about the service. This gives us confidence that our new food waste service will be a success for Warrington.
“Recycling food waste will have a big impact on Warrington as it will help us to reduce our environmental impact, increase our recycling rates and produce energy. It will also help us save money to help protect essential council services by reducing the amount of residual waste we collect, which costs more to dispose of.”