Recycling, Rubbish & Waste
Food Waste Collection
Blaenau Gwent Council offers a weekly food waste collection service. We have provided all residents with a 5 litre Caddy to keep in your kitchen and a 23 litre caddy to be stored outside.
Once your small caddy becomes full, empty it into the larger caddy outside.
You can put all your cooked and uncooked food in the caddies provided.
We will accept:
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat, Fish & Bones
Cake, Biscuits, Bread & Cereal
Teabags, Tea Leaves & Coffee Grounds
Beans, Nuts, Seeds & Pulses
Pasta & Rice
Cheese, Eggs & Egg Shells
Yoghurts
All Peelings
We can not accept:
× Cardboard Packaging
× Metal
× Glass
× Plastic
× Carrier Bags
× Paper (unless it is used to line your caddy)
× Any other general household waste.
If you participate in our Food Waste Collection regularly then you will be given a FREE compostable liner to put into your large caddy as a thank you for using the service.
Please remember to:
Line food waste bin with either newspaper or compostable liner
Please put out food waste by 7am on your collection day
If you need a Kitchen Caddy or a replacement Caddy please call C2BG on 01495 311556.
For further information please contact
C2BG (01495) 311556, and the relevant officer will speak to you.
