FOI Request - Food Waste Information

Request 101003309960

1.  How many households do not have a dedicated food waste uplift?

2.  What is the estimated annual weight of food waste which is not collected separately?

3.  What percentage of households dispose of their food waste in the general waste bin?

4.  What happens to the mixed waste which is collected from these households?

5.  What percentage of these households compost their food waste?

Response 02-06-2023

1. Not held.  There are 309 communal domestic points across the County which do not have a dedicated food waste collection. We do not currently have a figure of how many individual properties these cover due to system upgrades. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2.  Not known. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

3.  Not known. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

4.  General household waste now goes to an Energy from Waste plant.

5.  Not known. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.