This summer the council is set to embark on one of the UK's first city wide food waste collection services.
 A Bristol resident with the council's new bins and kitchen caddy |
The services will be rolled out to all households that have a black box for recycling. Bristol believes that it could double the amount of waste it recycles by 2008 through the scheme.
Also being rolled out is a charged green waste collection, home compost bins and a cardboard collection.
The council has now set about informing its residents of the new services, which include moving the residual waste collections to a fortnightly service.
A total of 150,000 households will receive the kitchen waste service. Bristol has said that it will be consulting on a possible service for flats, which are currently excluded from the collections.
Residents will receive an animal proof food waste bin and a 5-litre kitchen caddy. Raw and cooked food can be kept in the caddy and then transferred to the main bin, which will be emptied every week.
Garden waste
Bristol residents are also being offered a weekly garden waste collection for just under 30 a year. This service will also require the purchase of a green wheelie bin, which will cost 21.
Home compost bins are also being made available at a reduced cost. Anyone purchasing a bin will be given free advice on its use by the council.
Councillor Gary Hopkins, executive member for sustainable environment and neighbourhoods, said: “The introduction of new weekly kitchen, cardboard and garden waste collections is definitely wanted and needed by Bristol residents.
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“These services have the potential to more than double Bristol's recycling and composting rates to 34% by March 2008. This would put us well above the 27% government-set target and help avoid government imposed fines,” he explained.
Cllr Hopkins added that the potential of the services can only be realised if residents actually use them.
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