Household Food Waste Liners
Case reference EIR2026/00944
Received 11 June 2026
Published 23 June 2026
Request
Response
Please provide the following information relating to liners used in your household food waste collection service:
1. Does the council recommend or require residents to use food waste liners in kitchen food caddies? Yes
2. If yes, what types of liners are accepted?
• Compostable liners only
• Plastic liners
• Any liner type
• No liners accepted
Compostable liners
3. Does the council supply food waste liners to residents?
• Yes
• No
Yes when the service was introduced in 2019, and for new developments, thereafter residents responsibility to purchase them.
4. If yes, please state the type supplied.
Compost bags
5. What treatment process is used for collected food waste?
• Anaerobic digestion
• In-vessel composting
• Other (please specify)
In-vessel composting
6. Are food waste liners removed from the food waste stream at any stage of the treatment process?
• Yes
• No
• Partially
• Information not held by the council
Information not held
7. If liners are removed, please state:
a) which liner types are removed;
b) at what stage of the process they are removed; and
c) the final destination of the removed liners (e.g. energy recovery, landfill, recycling or other treatment process).
N/A
8. If the council's food waste is processed by a third-party contractor, please provide the name of the processing contractor and facility used. Please refer to Kent County Council as they are the disposal authority
9. Please provide a copy of, or web link to, the current guidance issued to residents regarding the use of food waste liners. https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/what-goes-in-your-bin/food-waste-bin
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.