Councillor Loic Rich, portfolio holder for environment and climate change on Cornwall Council, said it was great to see residents engaging with recycling food. <\/p>\n
He said: “We’re living on a planet that we’ve damaged with pollution and it’s time now to take a bit more responsibility.<\/p>\n
“It’s just another thing we don’t really want to be chucking away to get burnt in the incinerator when it can actually be reused and put to good use.”<\/p>\n
The council said its analysis of Cornwall’s household waste found food accounted for 22% of black bag rubbish – and 43% of that was still in the packaging.<\/p>\n
Rich said he hoped that figure would decrease if people understood the benefits of recycling food waste. <\/p>\n
“I’m just saying to people, if you’re not doing your food waste, have a think about all the benefits – it’s worth it.<\/p>\n
“At the moment, we’re just over 50%. I’d like to get to 65% by 2029 but we can only do that if people in Cornwall help.”<\/p>\n
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