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Government “Spels” out food waste recycling message

The Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman spoke out today about the war on waste and in particular the need for food waste to be recycled and the expansion of Anaerobic Digester plants.

Speaking at Futuresource 2010,a waste management exhibition in London, she talked about biodegradable waste such as food leftovers could be turned into energy and also said the government wanted to greatly increase the country’s capacity for anaerobic digestion – a chemical process that produces renewable energy.

And while she said a zero-waste society would not mean everyone would become a “green saint” overnight, she said she wanted to see consumers having greater awareness of waste.

She also talked about new ways of dealing with commercial waste and promoting “responsibility deals” with businesses to drive down the amount of waste created in production and retail.

One of the problems currently in the UK is that of commercial food waste that is created in great quantities by organisations such as Hospitals and Care homes.Currently this waste stream is taken to landfill and the DEFRA head pointed out that reducing landfill, which is taxed at a rate set to hit £72 a tonne by 2013, would deliver financial savings and allow money to be made out of the resources that would otherwise end up in the ground.

Many other businesses create large quantities of food waste and these include schools,colleges,hotels,restaurants and pubs who add to the landfill problem which creates methane gas and ultimately increases greenhouse gasses.By creating a “zero waste to landfill” society where food waste both residential and commercial is recycled will be a sustainable solution for our future and that of our children.

Eco Food Recycling have pioneered a commercial and business food waste collection service in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s whereby all food waste collected will be 100% recycled.

Currently the Ringwood based company is taking the food waste collected from commercial premises to an in-vessel composting plant but within the next year a new Anaerobic Digester (AD) site will be opened in West Dorset where the food waste will be turned into renewable energy, something that will please Caroline Spelman,David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

DEFRA Head to address Commercial Food Waste Management issues ?

As Futuresource 2010 awaits the arrival of the UK waste industry tomorrow (June 15th) it has been announced that the Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP will be presenting a keynote address on the opening day.

The new Secretary of State for DEFRA (Department of Environment,Food and Rural Affairs ) will be addressing the waste industry “movers and shakers” for the first time since taking up her role as part of David Cameron’s coalition government.

It seems certain that questions will be asked about Commercial Food Waste Management as this is being neglected by Councils across the land and it will be interesting how she will address this problem.It has already been stated that Councils will be encouraged to pay to have their waste recycled if they are not already doing so.

With Landfill taxes rising at a rapid rate it is hoped that environmentally conscious companies and businesses will look to have their business food waste collected and recycled rather than add to their carbon footprint by sending the food waste to landfill.

The coalition government will continue,it is expected,to raise landfill taxes as set out by Gordon Brown’s Labour Party.Landfill taxes rose by 20% in April from £40 per tonne to £48 per tonne and the target is to have increases of £8 per tonne per year until it reaches the target of £80 per tonne in 2014/15 thus forcing businesses to recycle their waste including food.

Eco Food Recycling have pioneered a commercial food waste collection service in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s whereby all food waste collected will be 100 % recycled.

Targeted at the commercial sector including schools,colleges/universities,care homes,nursing homes,hotels,restaurants,pubs,company canteens,food producers and sporting and leisure facilities the new company has already received great interest from local organisations looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Cameron and Clegg spell out recycling objectives in “zero waste economy”

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.

Care homes now catered for in war on food waste

An entrepreneurial Dorset company has targeted the residential care home market as they help them reduce their carbon footprint by recycling their food waste.

Residential Care Homes in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s have been crying out for years for a local company to collect their business food waste and have it recycled rather than send it to landfill sites.Their prayers have been answered now that Ringwood based Eco Food Recycling,the brainchild of former International sports stars Andy Jones and Simon Heaps,have pioneered a food waste collection service in Dorset and Hampshire whereby all food waste collected from care homes and nursing homes will be 100% recycled.

Care homes and Nursing homes are in abundance on the South Coast of England mainly because it has a great climate and is an attractive part of the country to retire to in the later stages of life.

Food waste recycling from businesses has been neglected by many local Councils around the country and Eco Food Recycling have utilised their collection round in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s to include care homes and nursing homes alongside their clientele of schools,hotels,restaurants,colleges,pubs and company canteens that they collect food waste from.

Scottish Hospitals discard over £2million of food waste

The amount of commercial food waste that is discarded by hospitals has been quantified by a report in Scotland.

Seven health boards have produced staggering figures showing the amount of food waste that is either untouched or partially uneaten exceeded £2.1 million.

Mark Wallace, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, branded the amounts “disturbing” and “a serious financial drain”.

Advisory group Health Facilities Scotland demand hospitals keep food waste below 10 per cent.

A Scottish government spokeswoman said: “We expect NHS Boards to take necessary steps to reduce food waste wherever possible.”

Food waste in hospitals is one of the area’s that is being targeted by Eco Food Recycling, a new company set up to handle commercial food waste in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s.With the vast majority of food waste being sent to landfill sites the company is offering a commercial food waste collection service from hospitals that will 100% recycle the food waste stream.

Although reducing food waste will be the responsibility of the hospitals they now have the option to recycle the food waste that is produced by using the recycling service that is provided by Eco Food Recycling and their new collection round.

All food waste collected will be taken to an in-vessel composting facility at Hurn Airport where it will be turned into compost after a prolonged process.In future the food waste will be taken to a new bio-gas plant that is currently under construction in West Dorset and is due to open in Spring 2011.

New business food waste recycling service starts in London

The capital has seen the commencement of a commercial food waste collection service in Central and South London that also includes glass collection.

The Mayor of London,Boris Johnson,has a draft strategy for an increase in food waste collection from businesses and this is the main reason for one leading waste carrier to offer the service.

Every kilogramme of recycled food waste saves 450 g of CO2. The appointed waste carrier hopes to recycle up to two thousand tonnes of food waste during the first wave of this new service.

In Dorset and Hampshire a new business food waste collection service has commenced and is aimed at schools,colleges/universities,hospitals,hotels,restaurants,pubs,food producers and large company canteens that produce food waste.

Eco Food Recycling will help their customers reduce their carbon footprint by 100% recycling of the waste stream that is created.The newly formed company will be aiming to service businesses in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood ,Wimborne and surrounding area’s.

The companies strength is that they are totally independant and their ethos is to provide a service that will provide a sustainable solution to the commercial food waste problem in Dorset and Hampshire.

Eco Food Recycling join NISP as sustainable food collection recycler

Eco Food Recycling the business food waste collection service company in Ringwood have become the latest NISP member in the South of England.

The Government backed organisation NISP (National Industrial Symbiosis Programme) has a vision “To bring about long term business culture change through profitable actions that result in measurable environmental and social benefits thus making a significant contribution to international sustainability”.

By providing a commercial food waste collection service whereby the food waste is then 100% recycled fits perfectly into the NISP ethos to provide a sustainable solution to the problems of food waste management.Eco Food Recycling have pioneered a local business food waste round in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s and by constant networking with NISP members the waste stream will be diverted away from landfill and fully recycled.

At the latest NISP “workshop” in Oxford today (Tuesday 25th May) delegates from all sectors reported on how recycling,especially food waste,will benefit themselves and their customers by reducing their carbon footprint.Cost reduction is possible when a “Circular” low carbon economy industrial process is used.

Basically this takes Natural Resources into Production which then provides Products.The waste stream source is then turned into Resource and along with Natural Resource is then turned back into Products. This would then be called a “Circular Economy”

For further information about NISP view www.nisp.org.uk

Wales lead the way in Food Waste Recycling

Cardiff are leading the way in food waste recycling by increasing the amount that it collects at kerbside from domestic households.

The move comes as part of a bid to reach the Welsh Assembly Government’s new 70% food waste recycling target by 2025.2,000 homes will be trialled when new 25 litre kerbside caddies are used rather than the traditional kitchen caddies.The new bins will be barcoded to prevent loss along with identification of those households who flout the recycling scheme.

Although Cardiff have shown a great initiative in food waste recycling it is still only households that are being targeted and not commercial businesses that create vast amounts of food waste from schools,colleges/universities,hotels,restaurants,sporting venues,public houses and large company canteens.This area of food waste recycling has been neglected by most councils around the country although in the South West of England a local Ringwood based company has pioneered a commercial collection round whereby all food waste will be taken to a local in-vessel composting facility creating a “zero waste to landfill” solution.

In the Cardiff scenario the food waste is transported to a recycling facility,not within Cardiff or even Wales but the considerable distance to a plant in Derbyshire.This alone leaves a “carbon footprint” legacy.

The business food waste collection service by Eco Food Recycling in Ringwood will service the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s of the south coast and the 100% recycling of the food waste will be deposited locally at Eco Sustainable Solutions and within the next 12 months a new purpose Anaerobic Digester plant will be opened in West Dorset where the commercial food waste will be turned into renewable energy.

Both Eco Food Recycling and Eco Sustainable Solutions are doing their bit,by 100% recycling the food waste, to provide a sustainable solution in Dorset and Hampshire.

Croydon is latest local Council to offer business food waste collection service

Croydon is the latest Council to offer a commercial food waste collection service so that local businesses can radically cut their carbon emissions.

The new service means that local businesses like Colleges,Hotels,Restaurants,Schools and Public Houses can separate out their food waste from their general rubbish so it can be turned into compost at a local in-vessel composting facility rather than be taken to landfill.

Every kilogramme of food waste that is recycled will save 450g of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.

The separation of food waste from the remainder of the waste stream is made easy and hygienic for customers with kitchen caddies lined with bio-degradable sacks known as biobags. Once a caddie is full, the biobag is fastened and put into a larger container, which is collected at least once a week.

Eco Food Recycling now offer the same service to local businesses in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s whereby all of the food waste that is collected is 100% recycled by being taken to a local composting facility.

Eco Food Recycling will go one step better than the Croydon Council scheme when within the next 12 months the commercial food waste will be taken to a purpose built Anaerobic Digester ( AD ) plant in West Dorset where it will be recycled into renewable energy.

Sustainable Solution for business food waste now provided for in Bournemouth and Poole

Food waste management for local businesses in the Bournemouth,Poole,Christchurch,Ringwood,Wimborne and surrounding area’s has until now been serviced by local waste companies that take the food waste to landfill.

With the recent formation of Eco Food Recycling this specialised waste sector will be dealt with by a local company with the expertise to handle business food waste from Schools,Colleges/Universities,Hotels,Restaurants,Pubs,Food Producers and large company canteens.

All of the commercial food waste will be collected on a regular basis as determined by the customer during our daily collection round and 100% recycled thus creating a “zero waste to landfill” for the environmentally conscious client.

Eco Food Recycling will provide bio-degradeable bags for the food waste so that kitchen waste can be bagged before being deposited in the exterior euro bin that the company supply before being collected by their vehicles.

This collection service for commercial food waste in the Bourenemouth and Poole area gives a sustainable solution to the problems of food waste from the business sector that until now have been neglected.

International Sports Stars Launch Eco Friendly Commercial Food Waste Collection Service

Two former international sports stars have pioneered the first eco friendly commercial food waste collection in Bournemouth and the surrounding areas.

Andy Jones, a former Welsh International footballer and Simon Heaps, a former England International table tennis player, have joined forces to launch Eco Food Recycling Limited, a commercial food waste management and collection service.

Operating throughout Bournemouth and the surrounding areas, Eco Food Recycling Limited will provide an eco friendly 100% food waste recycling service to schools, colleges, hospitals, restaurants, pubs and canteens.

Simon Heaps, Director commented ‘We identified the market as having very strong moral and environmental issues as currently the majority of commercial food waste is taken to landfill sites, which contributes to the rise in greenhouse gases. All food waste is converted into compost and enables our clients to significantly reduce their carbon footprint’.

He added ‘The commercial sector has largely been neglected in terms of eco friendly food waste management and Eco Food Recycling Limited can provide guaranteed 100% recycling of food waste to our clients throughout Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Ringwood, Wimborne and the surrounding areas’.

For further information about Eco Food Recycling Limited and their food waste collection service please contact sales@ecofoodrecycling.co.uk or visit their website www.ecofoodrecycling.co.uk