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Caerphilly County Borough Council announce free caddy liners trial

Posted on : 31 Oct 2023

Caerphilly County Borough Council announce free caddy liners trial
Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced a new 12-month trial to provide all residents with free indoor food waste caddy liners.
 
The 12-month trial is set to start in December 2023 and will see the first 6-month supply of liners delivered directly to resident’s doors, with the following 6-month supply being available for collection from local libraries, leisure centres, Bedwas Council Chambers, Ty Penallta and Penallta Reuse Shop.
 
The trial is part of the Council’s seven-year route map to ensure Caerphilly meets and exceeds statutory recycling targets.
 
Local authorities are required to meet strict Welsh Government recycling targets and Caerphilly is working hard to ensure it reaches the future target of 70%, as well as even higher rates for the coming years.
 
Cllr Chris Morgan, Cabinet Member for Waste, Leisure & Green spaces said: “We are thrilled to announce the start of our free food waste caddy liners trial.
 
“Here at Caerphilly County Borough we are on a mission to tackle climate change and boost our recycling rates. Whilst our dry recycling participation rate is high, unfortunately our lack of participation of food recycling is negatively affecting our overall recycling rates. We are therefore very hopeful that providing free liners will help break down barriers and increase our participation levels.”
 
For more information about food waste recycling or to order your free food waste caddy, visit: www.caerphilly.gov.uk/food-waste

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