The new Coalition Government has made it’s mark by highlighting the “war on waste” in a document published on 20th May.Caroline Spelman the new Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) within the Coalition will be responsible for section 11 of the document headed – Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.
The key points as regards waste are – We will work towards a “zero waste” economy,encourage councils to pay people to recycle,and work to reduce littering.
At present most food waste from the residential sector is collected by local councils but the area of commercial and business food waste has been neglected and ignored.With the publishment of this document it now seems that DEFRA will put pressure on local councils to arrange for independant waste carriers to collect food waste and have it recycled for a sustainable economy.
Eco Food Recycling was formed in 2010 to target the area that has been highlighted by DEFRA and offers a commercial and business food waste collection round in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s whereby all food waste collected will be 100% recycled by being taken to a local in-vessel composting facility.
The food waste collection service is aimed at schools,colleges,hotels,restaurants,pubs,hospitals,care homes,food producers and company canteens within the locality of it’s Ringwood base.Although this will not totally solve the UK problem of commercial food waste it will ease the burden on the local councils in the area who have already shown their enthusiasm and support for the service that is being offered by 
Eco Food Recycling.
