date:Jan 16, 2014
local authority areas with food recycling schemes which require householders to use compostable bags for food waste.
Customers will be charged 6p per bag, working out at roughly half the price of food waste caddy liners bought on a roll.
The new bags, together with their food waste contents, can be turned into compost, which in turn can be used to grow fruit and vegetables in a looped environmental cycle.
Iain Ferguson, The Co-operative Foods environment manager, said: Every compostable car