‘Around 1 Tyrannosaurus rex or 5 family cars’ - Fylde food waste collections top 6.6 tonnes in just three days
Fylde Council has thanked residents in Phase 1 for supporting the new service and putting their outdoor caddies out for collection.
More than 6.6 tonnes of food waste have been collected in the first three days of Fylde Council’s new weekly food waste collection service.
With the waste set to be converted into renewable energy rather than sent to landfill, the latest figures show crews collected a total of 6.64 tonnes of food during the first three days of the service, which began for Phase 1 households during the week commencing Monday, October 12.
On the second day, collection teams emptied nearly 500 caddies in Freckleton and Wrea Green, gathering 2.62 tonnes of food waste. This brought the running total for the first two days to more than 5.4 tonnes.
A further 239 food waste caddies were emptied on day three, adding another 1.24 tonnes to the total. The combined three-day figure of 6.64 tonnes is equivalent to approximately 8,250 loaves of bread, according to the council.
Fylde Council has thanked residents in Phase 1 for supporting the new service and putting their outdoor caddies out for collection. A total of 10,200 households are included in the first phase of the rollout. Each household received a five-litre indoor caddy for kitchen use, a 23-litre outdoor caddy for collection day, a roll of caddy liners and a service information leaflet.
Residents who received the new caddies had their first weekly food waste collection on their usual collection day during the week beginning October 12. The council says the collected food waste will be turned into renewable energy, helping divert it from landfill as the new service gets underway.