Residents to get complimentary roll of food caddy liners

Wrexham Council will be sending out a roll of 52 compostable bin liners to around 60,000 homes in Wrexham over the next two months.

Wrexham Council have said that last year households in Wrexham recycled more than 2,000 tonnes of food waste, “That’s 2,000 tonnes that would otherwise have gone to landfill, and was instead turned into very handy compost for parks, gardens and allotments. We couldn’t have done it without your help – and we’re very grateful.”

To keep things going the council have a new round of compostable liners delivered to all houses with food waste caddies thanks to funding from the Welsh Government.

Deliveries will take place throughout October and November to around 60,000 homes.

Each household will receive a complimentary roll of 52 liners, which should last the average household for about 17 weeks.

Any residents who need further liners after the 17 weeks can just tie a liner to the handle of their kerbside caddy on collection day.

Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “We’re very grateful to all householders in Wrexham who have helped us maintain these rates of recycling, and food waste plays a key part in that.

“Households can generate quite a lot of food waste, so any of that which goes into compost instead of simply being put in the black bin is a good thing. We hope the provision of the new liners will help people to continue the good trends that have already been set and keep pushing us to meet the 70 per cent targets.”