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title: Food waste
description: Separating food waste is crucial for recycling. Discover how to turn food waste into biogas and compost for a sustainable future.
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### What happens to my food waste?

Collected food waste is taken to a digester and heated to remove harmful bacteria. During the digestion process, a biological decomposition process biogas is produced. This is a renewable energy source. The remaining material is used as valuable fertiliser or as insect feed.

### Accepted

- Food leftovers (cooked or uncooked), such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, bread, pasta, sauces, etc.
- Tea bags, coffee bags and coffee grounds
- Eggshells
- French fries
- Dairy products such as cheese
- Gravy and solidified cooking fats
- Nut shells
- Biscuits, sweets, chocolate, nuts, seeds and snacks

### Not accepted

- Chemical waste (such as batteries and accumulators)
- Large soup bones
- Shells or shellfish waste (e.g. mussels, oysters, crustaceans)
- Frying fat and oil
- Soap, cleaning agents and solvents
- Garden and pruning waste
- Single-stream organic waste (such as meat waste, fish waste, orange peels)
- Animal waste and carcasses
- Plastic bags or liners
- Coffee capsules
- Packaging materials (glass, cardboard, plastics), tableware and cutlery
- Other waste streams such as residual waste, paper/cardboard, plastics, wood and textiles

 

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