Bathurst Regional, NSW works with local businesses on the Closing the Gap on Food Waste pilot
Bathurst Regional, NSW Closing the Gap on Food Waste Pilot
The council provides dedicated bins and waste separation tips to businesses in the hospitality sector. Weekly collections are diverted from landfills to ANL Blaney for composting. The four-month trial will be followed by commercial and residential pilots that evaluate the best means for handling food waste. Council leaders estimated that food waste in local landfills produced 4,800 tons of carbon emissions in the 2020 fiscal year.
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Turning food waste into compost | News Centre | Your Say Bathurst Region
MEDIA RELEASE 21 January 2021 Council has been successful in obtaining an innovation grant from Local Government NSW for a pilot project aimed at keeping food waste out of the landfill.The Closing the Gap on Food Waste project aims to trial new models of domestic and commercial food waste collection to divert an increasing amount of food waste from limited landfill space. This could not only increase the life of our landfill but also turn the food waste into a re-usable organic product.ANL Blaney will compost the material, the same location our lime green lidded food and garden waste bin…
Council secures funding to investigate food waste management strategies | Western Advocate - Bathurst Online News
news, local-news, Councillor John Fry has welcomed Bathurst Regional Council’s success in securing a grant for a pilot project aimed at keeping food waste out of landfill. Council recently secured a $22,800 innovation grant from Local Government NSW to commence the Closing the Gap on Food Waste project. The project aims to trial new models […]
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