Food Waste Disposers - £80 Cashback from the Council

Sink_Your_Waste

Here’s a way of claiming up to £80 from the council if you live in Herefordshire or Worcestershire. The council are trying to get people to install food waste disposers in their kitchens to cut down on the amount of food waste that goes to landfill. You can buy a food waste disposer from anywhere in the UK and claim cashback from the council. There are a few simple terms and conditions but basically anybody in Herefordshire & Worcestershire can take up this offer. Food Waste disposers usually cost from £48 upwards. The amount of cashback depends on the amount spent, but the council allows you to include the cost of fitting to boost your cashback up to maximum of £80. Website link http://www.sinkyourwaste.com

plumb1_2

You should be looking to spend £100+ for a decent quality unit.

italiastar

An easier and cheaper way to reduce waste food is to eat it in the first place - surely this will only encourage vermin in the sewers ?

Jonesya

Or use a compost heap or wormery.

You can safely compost a lot of kitchen waste - peelings, left over vegetables, tea bags, ground coffee and the filter papers, used kitchen roll etc.

jennifernil

Flat dwellers mostly cannot compost stuff, so a waste disposal is a good idea.

We have been using one since 1982 and find them really great. We do not waste food, but use the waste disposal for veggie peelings, small bones, tea bags, orange peel etc, we would not want to be without one. The waste is ground really fine so there is nothing to attract vermin. We are in a house with large garden and do compost or recycle our garden waste, but food waste we put in the "grinder".

We have fortnightly rubbish collection and with recycling as much as possible we have about 4 carrier bags of refuse per 2 weeks and no smelly bin in the summer.

We recently put a waste disposer in our daughter's flat and it has cut down enormously on the number of trips she has to make to the communal bins as she no longer has smelly food waste.

A study was done in Australia on the impact of waste disposal units in homes on the sewage system and they concluded it put no strain on the sewage system and was much preferable to sending the waste to landfill.

ozskin

be aware of size of motor, construction material and prob most importantly insulation for noise, also check for compatability if not on mains sewers.