The guidance is for households who have a blue bin.
If you don't have a blue bin yet, the items we accept will vary. Guidance for households without a blue bin.
Food waste collections are being extended to around 4000 extra households, in areas between villages and towns already receiving the service.
Food waste collections will not be available in the glens. Food waste is accepted at recycling centres.
Indoor and outdoor caddies
Use the indoor caddy to collect food waste in your kitchen before placing in the larger outdoor caddy.
You can use any liner for the indoor caddy. Plastic liners are removed during processing and disposed of.
Collections
The food waste caddy is collected weekly - find your collection day.
New or replacement caddies
If your caddy is lost or missing: Order an outdoor food caddy
What goes in the caddy
Use the caddy for all food waste, cooked or uncooked:
- dairy
- meat
- bones
- fruit
- vegetables
- bread
- rice and pasta
- fish
- tea/coffee grounds
- egg shells
- gravy or soup – please strain first
- pet food - tinned or dry
Do not put liquids into the caddies. Please remove all packaging before putting food waste into the caddies.
Reduce food waste
Lots of tips, tools and recipes to help reduce food waste in your home are available on the Love Food Hate Waste website.
If you have an item you need to get rid of and aren’t sure where it should go, try What to do with...