Here’s a scary fact - recycling just one pumpkin can create enough energy to power a typical home for an hour!
That’s a terrifying amount of power being wasted if you don’t recycle!
Once your pumpkin has started to lose their smile, don’t forget to either chop it up and place into your food waste caddy or place it whole on top of your outside food waste caddy for collection – remember to remove any lights/candles.
Residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf are frighteningly good at recycling their food waste and the latest recycling tonnages are showing that more and more of us are super-charging our inedible food and left-overs – with almost 300 tonnes of food waste collected in just one week* - That’s the same weight as a jumbo jet.
We are asking residents to keep up their green efforts by filling their food waste caddies with all their ghastly party food leftovers and slimy pumpkin guts after the Halloween celebrations have finished.
When it comes to carving out your pumpkins – remember that it’s likely that millions of other households are doing the same! That’s lots of pumpkin seeds and guts! Why not use it to create the perfect autumnal meal - the flesh of the pumpkin could also be used as the main ingredient in a tasty dish like pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie or roasted pumpkin risotto. Pumpkin can also be used as a cheap and tasty alternative to sweet potato – find more recipes at www.lovefoodhatewaste.com.
All your party food packaging, e.g. cans, glass bottles, yogurt pots, jam pots and lots more, can be recycled using the FREE CLEAR recycling bags, which are available to collect in hundreds of distribution points across RCT – you can find your nearest at www.rctcbc.gov.uk/Bags.
Councillor Ann Crimmings, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's Cabinet Member for Environment and Leisure said:
"Halloween is a great time for families to have fun, although it is still important that we remember to think green and recycle all the extra waste that we might create.
"The support of our householders towards our food waste kerbside recycling has been amazing so far. I want to thank each resident for doing their bit.
“Food recycling couldn’t be easier in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with a weekly food waste collection service. By recycling food waste, you are not only helping the planet, but also stopping your bins from smelling!
“Food recycling is EASY! Visit www.rctcbc.gov.uk/foodwaste to get started”
Recycling in Rhondda Cynon Taf couldn't be easier, with a weekly, unlimited recycling collection, and a wide variety of places across the County Borough to pick up your recycling bags!
You can sign up to food waste, green waste and nappy recycling online. In addition to this, ALL Community Recycling Centres are open 7 days a week from 8.30am - 6.30pm (March-October) 8.30am - 4.30pm (November to March).
For more information on recycling follow us on Facebook and X or visit www.rctcbc.gov.uk/recycling.
Posted on 24/10/2024