This caddy is emptied weekly. Please have your caddy presented by 7am on the day of collection.
If you are a business looking for a food waste collection then please call 01259 450000.
To help you separate your food waste, we provide a kitchen caddy and a kerbside caddy.
If you do not have the caddies or require bags then please contact us on 01259 450000, or by email to customerservice@clacks.gov.uk.
Alternatively you can write to us at the address given at the bottom of the page.
There are a number of reasons for doing this. They include:
No it shouldn't:
The kitchen caddy is small enough to fit on your kitchen worktop.
The kerbside caddy has around 23 litres of capacity - similar to a typical mop-bucket.
When your supply of liners is running low please request a new batch by tying a liner round your food caddy bin on collection day.
Alternatively you can request liners by telephoning customer service on 01259 450000.
Please remember that any plastic or paper bag can be used until your new liners are delivered.
Yes, by asking people to separate their food waste, hopefully they will identify what can be avoided and take action to reduce this. Information on reducing food waste is available at the love food, hate waste web site.
In the future, there will be a landfill ban on this type of waste and therefore we need a separate food collection service.
Where it is practical we will introduce a food collection for your property.
No, but to make sure:
If your caddy contained material that should not be there such as plastic bottles or glass, then take the materials out and call the contact centre on 01259 450000. We will come and empty it as soon as we can.
Please keep your caddies. Domestic compost bins should only be used to compost fruit and vegetable food waste, egg shells, tea bags and coffee grounds.
You should not place meat, fish, and cooked food in domestic compost bins that could attract vermin. Use the food collection service for these items.
Some households have a waste digester such as a green cone. If you have one then please still keep your kitchen and kerbside caddies as an option should circumstances change.
The food waste we collect will be taken to a processing plant. This plant will treat the food waste in an environmentally friendly way forming a fertiliser for use on agricultural land. During the process, the energy released is converted to electricity.
Yes, please do this, as it will help our collection crew return the right bin to the right property.
Please call 01259 450000 to request a replacement.
You will have to use your food waste caddies.
Future landfill bans may force us into the position where we cannot empty your green bin if it contains food waste.
Waste Services
Kilncraigs, Greenside Street, Alloa, FK10 1EB
Tel: 01259 450000
Email: customerservice@clacks.gov.uk