{"id":485827,"date":"2026-03-20T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:43:17","slug":"full-list-of-what-you-can-and-cant-put-in-blog-preston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485827\/","title":{"rendered":"full list of what you can and can\u2019t put in \u2013 Blog Preston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food waste collections are returning to Preston in the coming weeks after more than a decade since they were scrapped.<\/p>\n

Preston City Council started to deliver grey caddy bins<\/a> to households across the city from late February.<\/p>\n

Collections, which are weekly, will begin from Monday 20 April.<\/p>\n

Read more: Councils granted more time to start food waste collections but Preston on track for April<\/a><\/p>\n

Anyone who receives a caddy is being asked to store them away until the collections start and not to begin using them immediately.<\/p>\n

Two bins are being delivered, a smaller kitchen unit caddy and a second larger outdoor caddy which has a lockable bin lid to stop rodents and vermin.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a run through of what can be put into the food waste bins and what can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

You can recycle into your food waste bin the following<\/p>\n

Vegetable peelings<\/p>\n

Baked goods<\/p>\n

Fruit<\/p>\n

Rice, beans and pasta<\/p>\n

Egg shells<\/p>\n

Tea bags<\/p>\n

Coffee grounds<\/p>\n

Raw and cooked meat or fish, including small bones<\/p>\n

Pet food<\/p>\n

Uneaten food and plate scrapings<\/p>\n

Mouldy and out of date food<\/p>\n

What can you not put in?<\/p>\n

Oil or liquid fat<\/p>\n

Liquids such as milk or juice<\/p>\n

Any non-food products such as cutlery, general waste, food packaging such as tubs, trays or foils, napkins, wipes, kitchen roll or any compostable or biodegradable packaging.<\/p>\n

\"CouncillorCouncillor Freddie Bailey with the food waste caddies Pic: Blog Preston<\/p>\n

The grey food caddy is due to be collected each week alongside either the black general waste bin or recycling bin collections which are both fortnightly.<\/p>\n

There is no charge for the service which is being brought in as part of a UK-wide push for households to recycle more food waste and stop it going to landfill.<\/p>\n

You can see more information about the food waste collections on the city council\u2019s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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