Coming Soon: Food Scraps Kerbside Collection in Feilding
Organic waste account for around 38% of the material found in blue rubbish bags - a significant portion of this is food scraps that doesn’t belong in landfill. That’s why Manawatū District Council is taking action to introduce a more future-focussed solution, helping residents reduce waste and contribute to a cleaner, greener community.
Whether you're new to the idea of separating food scraps or already a pro, this service will make it easier than ever to make a positive impact right from your kerb and in turn creates renewable energy as your scraps turn into things like heat and biogas.
Feilding, let’s work together to build a more sustainable future - one bin at a time.
What is in and out of the bin
- Fruit and vegetable scraps including peelings, cores, stalks and skins
- Bread, pasta and rice
- Dairy products
- Meat bones and scraps including fat trimmings
- Fish bones and scraps including shellfish shells
- Egg shells, nut shells and coconut husks
- Coffee grounds and tea leaves
- Fats/oils solidified if possible.
The Ministry for the Environment mandates what types of food scraps can be collected at kerbside, but the list above is also well suited to the solution MDC will use to process the food waste.
From your bin to bioenergy
In a landfill food scraps can’t get enough oxygen to decompose properly. Instead they rot slowly and release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, much more potent than carbon dioxide, that worsens climate change.
Diverting food scraps to a bioenergy facility like Ecogas’s Reporoa facility turns waste into renewable energy and reduces emissions. It’s a smarter, more sustainable way to manage waste and minimise what goes to landfill. The Ecogas Reporoa facility currently provides biogas to 7200 homes in New Zealand.
Fully funded and free to Feilding
The food scraps collection service in Feilding is fully funded by Waste Levy income and comes at no additional cost to residents!
Waste Levy income comes from a fee charged that is charged to waste disposal facilities by central government. Half of this levy is returned to councils to support waste minimisation initiatives like this one. In addition, Manawatū District Council received extra grant funding from the Ministry for the Environment to help cover the cost of the bins and the kerbside rollout. That means that the new kerbside collection service and processing of food scraps is not funded by rates - instead through existing waste levy funding.
Council recently approved the tender for the bin supply, distribution and ongoing collection for Food Scraps Collection in Feilding. The successful collection Contractor for this service is Low Cost Bins.