Food Waste

We would like to introduce you to the Aerobic Bin.  This is a wheelie bin with a slight difference – it can be used to store food waste for up to two weeks due to its unique design that allows air-flow through the contents.  This has the effect of drying out the contents, reducing odours and reducing weight.

The European Commission is considering making 2014 the "year against food waste".  The parliament adopted a resolution aiming to halve food waste in the EU by 2025.  They hope to achieve this by changes in labelling of food, and through providing support to local, sustainable food production systems.

East Sussex County Council, along with the South Downs National Park Authority and Brighton & Hove Council, have produced their 'Waste and Minerals Plan'.  This document is open for consultation from now until the 8 December 2011.

To access the document please go to this link:  http://consult.eastsussex.gov.uk/portal

Buried inside this surprisingly readable document of 148 (numbered) and distinct paragraphs –  what comedian Les Dawson might call non-secateurs – is this gem, which few appear to have noticed:

Brighton is officially Britain’s greenest city with a Green council newly elected in May.  Paradoxically, Lewes, which is arguably the greenest town in Britain, has just elected a Conservative council.  One of the first announcements by Brighton has been a commitment to pilot a household food waste collection and to specify which technology they would like to see treating this waste.  The answer to the latter is (surprise.. ) anaerobic digestion.  This is good news for fans of biogas plants like us, but what will it mean in practice, and how hard will it be to deliver?