{"id":548918,"date":"2026-04-24T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548918\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:56:08","slug":"first-week-of-new-caddies-sees-38-tonnes-of-food-waste-collected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548918\/","title":{"rendered":"First week of new caddies sees 38 tonnes of food waste collected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The new collection service was introduced this month in line with Government requirements, with food waste collected in a separate caddy to your standard household waste bin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  All food scraps, fruit and vegetable peelings, meat and fish bones, tea bags, and coffee grounds should be put in the caddies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Once the food waste is collected, it is transported to a specialist facility where it is converted into biogas and nutrient-rich fertiliser for the farming industry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Warrington Borough Council has confirmed that 38 tonnes of food waste was collected in Warrington during the first week of the scheme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement, the council said: \u201cThank you, residents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIn the first week alone of our new food waste collections, you helped to collect 38 tonnes of food waste \u2013 an amazing start to this Government\u2011funded recycling scheme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBy using your food waste caddy each week, you are helping to reduce waste, cut emissions, and support greener energy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cRemember to put your food waste caddy out every week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new collection service was introduced this month in line with Government requirements, with food waste collected in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-548918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}