Tips for sorting bio-waste

Sorting bio-waste can sometimes feel difficult, but don't give up! We have a solution to the most common concerns, making sorting as easy as possible.

Sorting can be as easy as making hay!

Biowaste is all the leftover uneaten food that is left over after you have cooked or eaten food. Simple, isn't it?

When a paper bag gets wet and breaks

Use our bio-waste bin for our bio-waste bags. The bio-waste container keeps the bag dry and airy.
Put too little rather than too much bio-waste in the bag. Never fill the bag so full that it is difficult to close.
Put some kitchen paper on the bottom of the bag and make sure the food scraps are not too wet when you throw them in the bag.

Does biowaste stink, are banana flies a nuisance?

Change the bag more often.
It is a good idea to throw your organic waste in the bin every three days, even if the bag is not full.
Banana flies in organic waste are a nasty nuisance - sort your organic waste and any mixed waste more often.

Don't make it too difficult

Every bag counts. When you sort your organic waste, like your potato peelings and apple pomace, your food waste is turned into climate-friendly biofertiliser and environmentally friendly biogas.

This is bio-waste:

Peel, stalks and seeds of vegetables, roots and fruit

Coffee grounds and filter bags

Tea poros and tea bags

Eggshells

Crustacean shells

Inedible food scraps

Offal and small bones of meat, fish and birds

Flowers and leaves (not mould)

This is not bio-waste:

Cat litter and dog poo bags

Cigarettes, cigarette butts and snuff

Branches and twigs

Plastic bags and food packaging

Contents of dust bags

General objections

"There is no room in my kitchen for sorting organic waste."

There is always room for one bag and every bag makes a difference: biowaste from a household of four can be used to produce biogas that can be used to drive a car 12 kilometres a week.

"My bio-waste is low."

Almost all homes generate bio-waste, and it doesn't have to be a lot.
It is enough to digest a single kilo of biowaste into biogas to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.3 kg compared to using fossil fuels.

"The bag is leaking."

Put some kitchen paper on the bottom of the bag and make sure the food scraps are not too wet when you throw them in the bag. The right kind of bag holder will also help. Ours has air holes that allow the bag to breathe.