"Robin" wrote in message
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On 25/03/2018 10:52, Andrew wrote:
On 24/03/2018 22:28, dennis@home wrote:
TNP is thick, its quite easy to get 15l of waste food if you cook
everything rather than get ready meals microwaved by his carer.

Except that it isn't food waste, much of it is uncooked veggy
parings (which contain most of the vitamins anyway). All this
can be composted at home.

Anything containing bones, fat or protein, whether cooked or not
needs to go to landfill.

Do you have authority for contradicting the advice from my council (and
umpteen others) on what can be composted[1] in their facility?


[1] You can recycle all raw and cooked food waste:
vegetables and peelings
fish and fish bones
fruit cores and skins
bones
bread, rice, pasta
meat (raw or cooked)
teabags, coffee granules
egg shells
plate scrapings
cheese

Yes I'd have thought that all of those except fruit and veg peelings/cores
could be recycled in an anaerobic digester, rather than needing to go into
landfill.

We used to compost veg peelings etc along with grass mowings and plant
prunings. Even with intermediate layers of cardboard or newspaper, and with
occasional watering in dry weather, it took ages for the waste to be
composted down. We had three "daleks" (*) on the go, and there were times
when all three were full and we had no more room for a few weeks until it
had rotted down.


(*) Conical plastic composting bins with lids, obtained from local council.