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Commercial food waste recycling
Turn your business waste food into renewable energy and organic fertiliser
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Don’t waste your food waste
Food waste is generated by most businesses, be it from a café, restaurant, the office canteen or from employees own food. Food waste is too valuable to be thrown out with your general waste; recycling your commercial food waste reduces your carbon footprint and increases your recovery rate.
All the waste food we collect is recycled locally at an AD Plant facility, using innovative aerobic digestion technology.
Locations served
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Bath
- Bristol
- Cirencester
- Chippenham
- Devizes
- Faringdon
- Frome
- Malmesbury
- Marlborough
- Newbury
- Portishead
- Salisbury
- Shaftesbury
- Swindon
- Trowbridge
- Tidworth
- Warminster
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Yate
What do we classify as food waste?
It’s vital that we make sure the right bins are used for the right types of waste so that we can recover and recycle as much as possible. What we call food waste, you may also know as kitchen waste or canteen waste.
Here’s what can go in our food waste collections:
- Kitchen and food waste, packaged
and unpackaged - Category 3 animal by-products, packaged and unpackaged
- Drink waste, packaged and unpackaged
- Bread and bakery products
- Fruit and vegetables
- Residues from food production
- Bones, fat and meat, raw and cooked
Suitable bins
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What happens with food waste
Food waste is shredded before bacteria is added
The anaerobic digestion process takes place
Gas is harvested over a 90 day period and sent to the grid
Organic fertiliser is created for agricultural use
Frequently asked questions
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What is Food Waste?
Food waste refers to organic, biodegradable waste created from food products, be it offcuts or waste during production, uneaten or expired food, foodstuffs damaged in transit or inedible by-products such as tea leaves, egg shells or vegetable peels.
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Does food waste harm the environment?
Food waste can harm the environment if not disposed of properly, releasing harmful greenhouse gasses when thrown in landfill sites. To help combat this, Hills Waste Solutions offers a specific food waste recycling service to treat and then convert it into renewable energy.
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What is not included in food waste?
Food waste packaged in plastic and cardboard is permissible but currently we cannot process food waste presented in glass and tins as this is not permissible at the recycling facility. Any items which are not organic or biodegradable would not fall under food waste and should be disposed of separately.
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How is food waste disposed of?
Food waste can be safely disposed of in a number of ways. To avoid unnecessary waste to landfill, Hills Waste Solutions recycles 100% of the food waste we collect, using aerobic digestion to convert it into renewable energy, with the leftover residue being used as organic fertiliser on farms.
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Why is recycling food waste important?
When food waste is left to break down naturally, it releases an incredibly potent greenhouse gas: methane. At an individual level, the amount of waste that is put into composters or created by a single business can seem small, but the combined effect when looked at across the UK could cause significant environmental damage. This is why we opt to instead use anaerobic digestion to capture and burn this methane, converting it into electricity, rather than a harmful greenhouse gas.
Download our Waste Classification Guide
We’re here to make your life easy, so why not download our full Waste Classification Guide including detailed lists of what can and can’t be accepted for all our waste services.
