The Trust, which is also known as BEAT, is planning to work with the local business community to highlight the benefits of organics recycling and encourage them to use TEG to collect and treat organic waste.
The organisation has set up the partnership with the Preston-based composting firm TEG after a report commissioned by Resource Efficiency Yorkshire (REY) showed that Bradford is one of the highest producers of commercial food waste in Yorkshire. 
It is hoped that the project will divert up to 2100 tonnes of waste from landfill and prevent the release of 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
The BEAT project is receiving support from REY, a business support and development programme funded by Yorkshire Forward and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Alison Kahumbura, food and drink project manager at REY said: “We are aiming to get 80 businesses in Bradford and the surrounding areas to sign up to TEG Environmental's collection service. This will reduce the cost of waste management for food related businesses.
“It will also provide materials that will be turned into compost which will be used in Bradford. This initiative means Bradford is taking the lead on resource efficiency in the food sector. Bradford is setting a great example to other regions and will benefit economically and environmentally.”
In addition to encouraging local take-up of the collection services BEAT will also be working with REY to research on the issues surrounding commercial food waste collections and help local authorities to develop food waste schemes.
TEG has been operating a commercial food waste collection service, which businesses pay for, in the area since March 2008. It costs businesses £9 a week for TEG to collect and 240 litre wheeled bin.
TEG provides participants with separate wheelie bins to be used exclusively for food waste, which it collects on a designated day for transportation to its state of the art commercial composting plants at Todmorden and Preston. There, food waste is mixed with green waste before being fed into TEG's in-vessel silo composting cages
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