Information on food waste liners accepted and their disposal
Request received 11 June 2026
Please provide the following information relating to liners used in your household food waste collection service:
1.Does the council recommend or require residents to use food waste liners in kitchen food caddies?
2. If yes, what types of liners are accepted?
• Compostable liners only
• Plastic liners
• Any liner type
• No liners accepted
3. Does the council supply food waste liners to residents?
• Yes
• No
4. If yes, please state the type supplied.
5. What treatment process is used for collected food waste?
• Anaerobic digestion
• In-vessel composting
• Other (please specify)
6. Are food waste liners removed from the food waste stream at any stage of the treatment process?
• Yes
• No
• Partially
• Information not held by the council
7. If liners are removed, please state:
a) which liner types are removed;
b) at what stage of the process they are removed; and
c) the final destination of the removed liners (e.g. energy recovery, landfill, recycling or other treatment process).
8. If the council's food waste is processed by a third-party contractor, please provide the name of the processing contractor and facility used.
9. Please provide a copy of, or web link to, the current guidance issued to residents regarding the use of food waste liners.
Responded 7 July 2026
1.Yes recommend, no we don’t require
2. Any liner type
3. We supplied an initial year’s worth in the new service roll out.
4. Plastic
5. Anaerobic digestion
6. Yes
7. Information Not Held. This info is held by Cambridgeshire County Council as disposal authority.
8. As above
9. https://eastcambs.gov.uk/services/services/waste-and-recycling/your-bins-and-what-we-collect/food-caddy