This last year has seen many councils across the UK make some significant changes to their household waste collections, with one of the most controversial for my area being the introduction of a food waste caddy. This had people up in arms over smell, maggots, having too many bins, remembering what can go in there and so on, but… After a few weeks of use, the mindset was clearly changed for most residents, and I have since seen online comments praising these new bins, saying what a difference they have made to the ordinary waste bin and how smooth the transition was. We have now been informed that from the autumn our ordinary household waste bin will be collected bi-weekly instead of weekly. Great, I thought, we need to catch up with other counties who have had this in place for years, along with the food waste bin, but others online had other thoughts (again). I get that change can be hard and that if you aren’t aware of other ways in which to reduce your waste, the concept of reducing collections may be worrying so I wanted to share how I have significantly reduced my household waste over the last 8 years and how you can do so too.
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