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One step closer to becoming food waste free

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A new device for recycling food has been unveiled as Wigan Borough steps up its ambition to become a food waste free place.

Fur Clemt Wigan’s Real Junk Food Project have celebrated the opening of a RIDAN Composter which will turn their non-edible food waste into quality compost reducing food to landfill.

The mission of Fur Clemt is to ‘Feed Bellies Not Bins’ through its ‘Pay As You Feel’ cafes and Food Boutiques, and although waste is kept to a minimum inevitably there is an element of waste from the kitchen which will be used to make quality compost.

Through working with local businesses the project has intercepted in excess of 450 tonnes of edible and filled 70,000 bellies in the last two and a half years.

The project has expanded across the borough opening satellite cafes and food boutiques and shared produce with 35 local organisations with the help of funding from Wigan Council’s Community Investment Fund.

Shirley Southworth, director of the project, said: “Food waste is a growing problem in the UK and across the world. We aim to make a difference in our borough by intercepting the food and making it available to the local community.

“The new composter will enable us to turn our in-edible waste into compost, reducing our waste costs. Once it’s ready it will be made available to growing projects in the borough.”

Fur Clemt has teamed up with Wigan Council to host a Nil To Landfill – Food Waste Conference in January 2018 where they will be encouraging local businesses to consider working with them.

The leader of Wigan Council, Lord Peter Smith, said: “Fur Clemt do some fantastic work that really makes a difference with our communities. We’re supporting their ambition to be the first food waste free borough in the country and are delighted with the new composter.

“Processing food and garden waste in this manner contributes to making our borough cleaner and greener. More importantly, Fur Clemt support some of our most vulnerable residents and ensure they can eat every day.”

Find out more about Fur Clemt.

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