Home Composting
The best way to recycle raw fruit and vegetable waste like peelings or stalks is to set up a compost bin or heap at home. You get compost for your garden and no energy is used to collect or process the waste.
- visit Recycle Now to find out more about how to start home composting
- visit Get Composting to buy home compost bins, including occasional offers for our residents
Green bin or food waste caddy
A new weekly food waste collection service using small 23-litre caddies has now started in some areas. By the end of 2026 all areas will have this service - you can find out when you will get it using the In My Area section on the homepage. When you receive the new service please use that for all food waste. If you have not yet, please use your green bin. The green bin service will continue for garden waste.
You can put all food waste, including cooked food, meat, fish, dairy and bones, in your green bin or your food waste caddy to be composted. You can collect food waste in your kitchen in a lidded container like an ice cream tub, or a kitchen caddy, and then add it to your green bin or outdoor caddy.
What can I use to line my kitchen caddy or wrap food waste?
| Green bin | New food waste caddy | |
| Yes |
Newspaper Paper bags Paper caddy liners |
Plastic caddy liners Compostable 'plastic' caddy liners Re-used plastic bags e.g. from bread (must be able to see food waste inside) Newspaper Paper bags Paper caddy liners |
| No |
Plastic caddy liners Compostable 'plastic' caddy liners Re-used plastic bags |
Dark-coloured plastic bags which do not allow the contents to be seen |
Find out more about what you can put in your green bin or food waste caddy on our what goes in which bin page.