Food waste collection Chichester Diistrict

Residents can receive live updates about the new service, including collection start dates, by downloading the free Chichester District Council app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. To find out more about the app, people can visit:www.chichester.gov.uk/chichesterdcapp

Collection dates are available at:www.chichester.gov.uk/checkyourbinday

If residents do not receive their new bin and caddy by their first collection date then they are asked to register this by filling in an online form at:

www.chichester.gov.uk/food-waste-rollout-information

Once the service begins, residents will simply need to place food waste — such as plate scrapings, peelings, and tea bags — into their kitchen caddy. When full, the contents should be emptied into the outdoor food waste bin, ready for weekly collection.

Food waste includes uneaten food and plate scrapings; dairy products, such as cheese and eggs; bread, cakes and pastries; raw meat, cooked meat and bones. It also includes tea bags, coffee grounds, cooked vegetables, peelings, fish, pasta, rice, and beans.

Once collected, food waste will be recycled at an anaerobic digestion facility in Horsham where it will be used to generate natural forms of energy, such as biogas and bio fertilisers. This is a much more efficient and environmentally friendly way of processing food waste. To watch the full recycling journey visit:www.chichester.gov.uk/what-happens-to-your-food-waste