Rory Stewart's legacy

Local councils have a degree of flexibility in the recycling services they offer, and hitherto food waste collection has been optional. Some councils collect food waste, others don't, and Durham doesn't. But legislation is about to come into effect, which will require all councils to collect food waste: I've been thinking this was new legislation, but no, according to the Council officer whose talk we attended on Tuesday, this is something we owe to Rory Stewart, back when he was a junior minister (before he found his career in podcasting).

( Talking rubbish )

tl:dr; version is that it doesn't really matter. We can carry on composting, and although we don't actually use compost, it means that we produce very little food waste. I just wish the County Council wouldn't behave as if I didn't exist. (I blame this less on the political make-up of the council, more on being a unitary authority; but that's another rant.)