Recipe for handling food waste
Separate and store:
- Separate waste foodstuffs into two streams - category 3 materials (i.e. any materials
from the menu above) must be kept separate from other foodstuffs that can go to
landfill.
- Ensure there are measures in place to avoid the waste products being discharged
into the wrong containers.
- Label all food waste "not for human consumption".
- In addition, also label all 'category 3 material'.
- If food waste is not separated it must ALL be dealt with as category 3 animal by-products.
Dispose:
- ABPs must be collected and disposed of as soon as reasonably practicable.
- The materials must be collected and disposed of by companies on the government's
list of approved
renderers
- Local stores could work together to establish workable collection routes or to use
the same collector as, say, the local butcher.
- Larger businesses may choose to arrange collections from all stores in their group.
- Ensure that you have made suitable arrangements so that in the event of an emergency,
such as a freezer breakdown or product recall, a special collection can be provided.
- Note that poorly emptied packaging will be considered as animal by-products and
cannot be disposed of to landfill. However, many disposal companies are able to
take packaged material.
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