Council urge Wrexham businesses and households to join campaign aimed at reducing food waste

Wrexham Council is urging residents and eateries across the county borough to take part in a campaign to reduce food waste.

Earlier this year WRAP launched its Guardians Of Grub food waste reduction campaign which aims to tackle the £3 billion of food that gets thrown away at hospitality and food service outlets.

This month the organisation calling on businesses to ‘Stand Up For Food’ and join forces to cut back on food waste.

The local authority is also urging residents across Wrexham to join the campaign and try to reduce household food waste.

Wrexham Council say: “Some food waste is inevitable – bones, peelings or tea bags for example -and we’re getting much better in Wrexham at recycling these in our food caddies.

“But can we perhaps do better with some of the other things? If you constantly have uneaten fruit or vegetables, perhaps you’re buying too much in the first place. Or could you freeze the extra vegetables to use at a later date?

“Only buying the amount you need is a great way we can all cut down on our own food waste and have a cheaper shopping bill in the process.”

Earlier this year the council ramped up its campaign encouraging households to recycle food waste as part of a new drive to help meet recycling targets set by Welsh Government.

Since the roll out of new free caddy liners last autumn, food waste recycling increased from 170.68 tonnes in January 2018 to 189.44 tonnes in January 2019.

Between October 2017-January 2018 a total recycled 610.15 tonnes were recycled – compared to an increase of seven per cent 653.72 tonnes between October 2018-January 201

Food waste is collected on a weekly basis and households are asked to use their food caddy to dispose of food waste and out of date food that has been removed from its packaging.

Commenting on the WRAP campaign, Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for environment and transport, said: “We encourage all Wrexham food outlets and businesses to look into WRAP’s Guardians Of Grub national campaign, which gives advice on how they can prevent food waste.

“With September being Stand Up For Food month too, it’s the perfect time to get involved.

“In Wrexham, more people are starting to recycle their food waste, which is fantastic news.

“With free caddies and caddy liners available, people are starting to get on board with recycling their food waste.”