The trial is focused within five areas, specifically parts of Britwell, Chalvey, Langley, Diamond Road Estate, Colnbook.
Every home within the trial areas have received two caddies – a smaller one for inside and a larger one for outside, which they can use for all types of food waste.
In the run up to the trial, postcards went out explaining the details, before the caddies were delivered in late June. The postcards feature a cartoon character, Kit the caddy, in an effort to encourage the whole family to get involved.
It is thought that if the trial is successful, the scheme will be rolled out across the borough.
Councillor Gurcharan Singh Manku, lead member for environmental services, said: “Currently around 40% or more of what goes in a normal refuse bin is food waste.
“Kit the caddy loves every morsel of food whether it is banana skins, vegetable peelings, leftovers of any kind, meat, fish and even bones, coffee grounds, tea bags and eggshells – as long as it’s food, it can go in the caddy. In fact, the only things that can’t go in is non-food waste like packaging, pet waste and garden waste.
“And residents don’t need to be worried about smells because the indoor caddy can be lined with a bin bag and emptied in the outdoor bin still in the bag!”
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He added: “Since the normal bin collections went to alternate weeks, residents have been clamouring for weekly food waste collections; to not only cut down on the amount of waste that goes into their grey bins but also issues with smells, maggots and other pests particularly in hot weather.
“With this trial, we will be able to see just how a food waste collection could work across the whole borough.”
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