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CCBC announces another £500 winner for Food Waste Action Week

Posted on : 20 Mar 2024

CCBC announces another £500 winner for Food Waste Action Week
Caerphilly County Borough Council embrace Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week, by making one of its food waste recycling residents a £500 winner.

Food Waste Action Week takes place 18th-24th March and is a week of action which brings the nation together to save time and money by making the food we already have go further.

This year’s theme ‘Choose What You’ll Use’ highlights the benefits of buying loose fruit and vegetables and inspiring people to do this wherever they can. Buying loose reduces food waste - research has shown that if all apples, bananas and potatoes were sold loose, we could save 60,000 tonnes of food waste by enabling people to buy closer to their needs.

Throughout the week Love Food Hate Waste will be working in schools, with brands and retailers; and with policy makers to make the shift towards buying and selling fresh produce simpler for everyone.

Mr Robert Jenkins from Hengoed was announced this month’s winner of CCBC’s Mash for Cash campaign, which sees houses monitored with one food recycling participant chosen at random each month.

CCBC’s Mash for Cash campaign was launched in March 2022, with the aim to increase the number of residents currently recycling their food waste. In turn, the Local Authority hopes that the increase in food waste recycling would lead to a decline in the amounts of refuse disposal, boosting the overall recycling rates as well as supporting the Councils commitment to reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases and thereby contributing to the national and global goals for decarbonisation.

Cllr Chris Morgan, Cabinet Member for Waste, Leisure & Green spaces said: “I would like to say a big congratulations to Mr Roberts on his winnings.

“Whilst the theme of this year’s Food Waste Action Week is to only buy what you need, we know that some food waste such as peelings, bones and teabags are inevitable and this food waste should always be recycled, so that it can be turned into a renewable source of energy.”

To view more information or to request a food waste caddy visit: https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/food-waste

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