Villages in the south of Cherwell will soon be able to start collecting cooked and uncooked food waste when they join the council’s new recycling scheme.Homes there are set to receive their kitchen caddies, meaning residents can start recycling food waste.
Along with the caddy they will receive a free roll of compostable corn starch liners and an information pack including a fridge magnet outlining what can now go in the brown bin.
The latest villages to join the scheme include Ardley, Upper and Lower Heyford and Weston-on-the-Green. A full list can be found below.
Their caddies will start arriving on 5 January and first food waste collections will take place a fortnight later.
The second tranche of villages including Islip and Shipton-on-Cherwell will start receiving caddies on 19 January and collections will begin on 2 February.
Councillor George Reynolds, portfolio holder for environment, recreation and health, said: “Residents in the north of the district have already welcomed this scheme and we believe their counterparts in the south will be just as enthusiastic.
“All cooked and uncooked food waste can now go in the brown bin. This will then go on to be composted at a new facility in Ardley.
“The government levies hefty fines for every tonne of waste which we send to landfill, so taking part in this scheme is better for both the environment and our pockets.”
Once these 10,000 homes are on board there will be 27,300 taking part in the scheme across the district. A further 13,500 in Bicester will receive their caddies in February.
Oxfordshire Waste Partnership is part-funding the scheme and spokesman, Paul Mocroft, said: "Those living in the south of Cherwell can make the perfect new year's resolution to recycle all their food scraps.
“With the excesses of Christmas out of the way, it's time to put the green bin on a diet and feed the brown one instead."
About 12,000 tonnes of food waste goes to landfill each year in Cherwell but the new scheme should cut this back by 4,000 tonnes next year and 5,000 in 2011/12.
Anyone with an enquiry about the scheme can visit www.cherwell.gov.uk/foodwaste, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 01295 227001.
