The FINANCIAL -- Five Croydon schools have been selected to take part in a 12-week school food collections waste pilot scheme, with a view to possible expansion across the borough, according to Caterer and Hotelkeeper.

Recycling in Croydon was stepped up last year when a domestic food-waste collection service was introduced in a bid to reduce the amount sent to landfill. Instead it is now collected and recycled into compost to be used in food production on farms.

Each of the five schools will be issued with seven- and 23-litre caddies, to be used in kitchens, dining halls, staff and common rooms. The waste will be collected weekly in 140-litre bins, taken to an anaerobic digestion plant and converted to agricultural fertiliser.

Part of the scheme is to assist schools with the educational aspects of the pilot, and the council's commercial waste and recycling team will conduct presentations and assemblies at each participating school, and monitor the results of the pilot.

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