Extra 10,000 Portsmouth homes to take part in food waste recycling scheme

Households in different areas of Portsmouth have now received food caddies with collections to start from September 28 - adding to the other 8,000 homes that were already involved in the scheme.

As part of the trial the waste is recycled and turned into fuel and fertiliser, rather than incinerated.

Councillor Dave Ashmore, the council's cabinet member for environment and climate change, said: 'Portsmouth's food waste trial has had fantastic results over the past year. I'm delighted we're more than doubling the number of homes involved, just in time for Recycle Week next week.

'We've seen an impressive collective effort in recycling across Portsmouth, with 774 tonnes of food waste sent to recycling. That's as much as the weight of 7.5 blue whales.

'The residents' commitment to recycling has been extremely positive and hope to build on this with the expansion of the food waste trial. We are committed to do whatever we can to reduce waste and recycle more.

'Recycling is a big issue locally and nationally, residents are always asking us to do more and food waste is where we can make a really big difference, as it's food waste that makes up a huge amount of a lot of people's weekly rubbish collection - 40 per cent.

'I am excited to see the results of the expanded food waste trial.'

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Households included in the trial expansion will cover areas across Wymering, Paulsgrove, Charles Dickens, Buckland, Southsea and Milton.

They are supplied with a five-litre caddy for indoor use, a 23-litre caddy for the collection and one roll of compostable caddy liners.

Items that can be put in the caddy include all uneaten food and plate scrapings, teabags and coffee grounds, vegetable peelings, egg shells and cut flowers. It can’t be used for liquids or packaging of any kind.

It comes after the council announced it would spend £22.2m on a specialist anaerobic digestion plant to process food waste.

Food waste will be collected weekly on the same day as the rubbish collection.

Roads that will be included in the food waste trial expansion:

Wymering/Paulsgrove

Abbeydore Road, Arran Close, Ashford Road, Boston Road, Braintree Road, Bromyard Crescent, Chatham Close, Clacton Road, Colchester Road, Credenhill Road, Cromer Road, Dame Judith Way, Deal Road, Dersingham Close, Fairfield Square, Fitzpatrick Court, Hadleigh Road, Harleston Road, Harwich Road, Holbeach Close, Hythe Road, Islay Gardens, Jura Close, Kenchester Close, Kingsland Close, Kintyre Road, Lowestoft Road, Mablethorpe Road, Maidstone Crescent, Maldon Road, Meadowsweet Way, Mellor Close, Norwich Road, Orkney Road, Peterborough Road, Rapson Close, Rochford Road, Sevenoaks Road, Sheringham Road, Shetland Close, Skye Close, Sudbury Road, Tunstall Road, Walford Road, Walsingham Close, Washbrook Road, Whitstable Road, Widley Cottages, and Wymering Lane.

Charles Dickens/Buckland

Agincourt Road, Alexandra Road, All Saints Road, All Saints Street, April Square, Arnaud Close, Arundel Street, Baker Street, Bridgeside Close, Buckingham Green, Buckland Path, Canal Walk, Centaur Street, Charles Street, Charlotte Street, Church Path North, Church Road, Church Street, Clarence Street, Clarendon Place, Clarendon Street, Clydebank Road, Coburg Street, Commercial Road, Cornwallis Crescent, Cottage View, Crasswell Street/Durban, Cressy Road, Crown Street, Dickens Close, Drummond Road, Duke Crescent, Dumbarton Close, Edinburgh Road, Emanuel Street

Foster Road, Frederick Street, Gamble Road, Garfield Road, Garnier Street, Gladstone Place, Grafton Street, Hale Street North, Hale Street South, Hanway Road, Hercules Street, Hertford Place, Highfield Road, Holbrook Road

Jandyce Walk, Kilbride Path, Kilminston Close, Kingston Crescent, Kingston Road, Lake Road, Landport Street/Durban, Linklater Path, Little Coburg Street, Lomond Close, Longs Walk, Lords Street, Lower Wingfield Street, Lucknow Street, Malins Road, Malthouse Road, Market Way, Mayo Close, Mile End Road, Milford Road, Nelson Road, Nessus Street, North Street, Northam Street, Northbrook Close, Nutfield Place, Old Commercial Road

Paradise Street, Princes Street, Railway View, Seymour Close, Somers Road North, Spenlow Close, St Faiths Road, Stamford Street, Staunton Street, Steerforth Close, Stirling Street, Sultan Road, Surrey Street, Temple Street, Timpson Road, Tottenham Road, Turner Road, Unicorn Road, Upper Arundel Street, Victoria Street, Vivash Road, Washington Road, Watts Road and Wingfield Street.

Southsea

Bramble Road, Chestnut Avenue, Devonshire Avenue, Devonshire Square, Fernhurst Road, Francis Avenue, Frensham Road, Heidelberg Road, Jessie Road, Manners Road, Orchard Road, Percy Road, Shanklin Road, Talbot Road, Telephone Road and Ventnor Road.

Buckland

Ashling Lane, Aylesbury Road, Balliol Road, Basin Street, Binsteed Road, Byron Road, Carnarvon Road, Cyprus Road, Emsworth Road, Havant Road, Jersey Road, Langley Road, Lynn Road, Malta Road, Paulsgrove Road, Percival Road, Pink Road, Powerscourt Road, Queens Road, St Stephens Road, Tennyson Road, Toronto Road, Whitworth Road and Winchester Road.

Milton

Anvil Court, Atalanta Close, Blendworth Road, Bonchurch Road, Brasted Court

Catisfield Road, Chevening Court, Church View, Crofton Road, Cromarty Avenue, Curlew Path, Dunlin Close, Edenbridge Road, Edgeware Road, Euston Road, Gleave Close, Godwit Road, Hollam Road, Lapwing Road, Longfield Close, Mariners Walk, Mayflower Drive, Mayles Road, Meon Road, Milebush Road, Milton Park Avenue, Moorings Way, Oxted Court, Plover Reach,

Posbrooke Road, Reedling Drive, Revenge Close, Riverhead Close

Sanderling Road, Schooner Way, Seagull Close, Shelford Road, Siskin Road, Skylark Court, Sovereign Close, Sovereign Drive, St James PlaceTern Walk, The Haven, Warren Avenue, Wayfarer Close, Western Avenue, Whimbrel Close and Whitley Row.

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