Food waste

How to dispose of food scraps.

Recommended answerWhere food-waste collection exists, scraps can be sent to composting or anaerobic digestion.

Recommended route

Use the local food-waste caddy or home compost only for accepted materials.

Before disposal or return

  1. Remove packaging, stickers and cutlery.

Do not

Do not put compostable packaging in the food caddy unless explicitly accepted.

Reference sources

Checked 2026-08-16