I WAS so pleased that the subject of Bournemouth council’s food waste collections has been raised in correspondence.

After four complete months 848 tonnes of waste has been collected from homes all around the town, with an average of some 50 tonnes per week.

Apart from not having to transport this with other rubbish to landfill with all the costs involved, the benefits are clear.

A share is being converted into slurry to assist farmers in growing their crops.

A further portion is leaving the treatment centre direct into the National Grid as electricity – how much ‘greener’ can we get than this?

There is a saving of many thousands of pounds in the handling of food collections, all of which is used to assist keeping council tax at a minimum possible level.

I would like to thank all residents of Bournemouth who use this collection scheme in the brown containers very much for doing so, and would encourage those who do not do so yet to join in for your own and for everyone’s benefit.

Of course there are always teething troubles with new schemes, there has been a report of delay in handling a few requests for replacement waste bags and they are being processed immediately.

The gentleman whose letter has been published in the Echo (July 22) should have received his replacement bags and I would like to apologise for the delay.

COUNCILLOR MICHAEL FILER
Bournemouth council, cabinet member for cleansing and waste