Food waste collections
Please make sure your bins, bags and boxes are at the kerbside before 7.00 am on the day of your collections.
A food waste recycling service has been introduced across North Devon.
This is in response to residents' concerns about the previous fortnightly service. It also means we will be able to recycle more waste, helping to reach the council's recycling target of 50% by 2010.
How it works
To enable you to benefit from the service you should have received:
- a small kitchen caddy
- a reusable brown bag
- a 'What Goes Where' guide.
Homes not served by a green wheelie bin service should have also received an additional kerbside caddy.
The service is easy to use. You simply empty all your raw and cooked food waste into your new kitchen caddy. If you prefer, you can line the caddy first with either a sheet of newspaper, kitchen roll or a corn starch bag - but please, not plastic bags.
Then, if you are on the wheelie bin service, you can empty your food waste from your kitchen caddy direct into your green wheelie bin, along with your garden waste. This waste is processed through an 'in-vessel composter' which helps reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
If you don't want to leave food waste in your green bin for two weeks, you can also put it in your black wheelie bin, although it is important to note that the waste from your black bin is not be recycled.
For households not served by the council's wheelie bin service, the contents of kitchen caddies go into the kerbside caddies, which are emptied at the same time as recycling boxes and green bags.
Your cardboard recycling service
Every property should have also received a brown bag (similar to your green bag) which can be used to collect flattened cardboard. This needs to be put out for collection with your recycling box and green bag, so that it can be recycled and processed into new cardboard.
Cardboard can no longer be put in your green wheelie bin. This is because it affects the new composting process.
See also, our food waste collection questions and answers.
If you require any more help or information we will be happy to help, so please get in contact:
The service is easy to use. You simply empty all your raw and cooked food waste into your new kitchen caddy. If you prefer, you can line the caddy first with either a sheet of newspaper, kitchen roll or a corn starch bag - but please, not plastic bags.
Then, if you are on the wheelie bin service, you can empty your food waste from your kitchen caddy direct into your green wheelie bin, along with your garden waste. This waste is processed through an 'in-vessel composter' which helps reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
If you don't want to leave food waste in your green bin for two weeks, you can also put it in your black wheelie bin, although it is important to note that the waste from your black bin is not be recycled.
For households not served by the council's wheelie bin service, the contents of kitchen caddies go into the kerbside caddies, which are emptied at the same time as recycling boxes and green bags.
Your cardboard recycling service
Every property should have also received a brown bag (similar to your green bag) which can be used to collect flattened cardboard. This needs to be put out for collection with your recycling box and green bag, so that it can be recycled and processed into new cardboard.
Cardboard can no longer be put in your green wheelie bin. This is because it affects the new composting process.
Further advice and information
See also, our food waste collection questions and answers.
If you require any more help or information we will be happy to help, so please get in contact:
Contact information
Works and Recycling Service
North Devon Council
Brynsworthy Environment Centre
Roundswell
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3NP
Telephone: 01271 374776
For Typetalk: precede with 18001
Email: greensweepdirect@northdevon.gov.uk
Web form: apply for a recycling box or bag
Web form: missed bin collection
Our office hours are 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.
Trade waste contact
Telephone: 01271 340393 or 01271 340394
Fax: 01271 329911
Email: greensweepdirect@northdevon.gov.uk
Our office hours are 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.
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