We are here to offer guidance on Food Waste Bag options for Councils and their residents. We already supply many Councils up and down the Country to fulfil their Kerbside Collection needs. Please contact the experts and we can guide you through the process and be rest assured that we strive to provide high quality environmentally friendly products, being the most affordable in the UK and with excellent Customer Service.
For all Councils who seeking a reliable and established supplier for Food Waste Bags, we have options ranging from bespoke printed bags, bulk supply offers through to direct deals for residents to purchase directly. Please contact our friendly team who are experts in Food Waste and can discuss your requirements.
We accept orders via fax or email from Councils on a 30 day credit account terms and this will be processed by your dedicated account manager. Call the experts on 0117 330 6926 and we will be happy to guide you on solutions.
Colchester Council
We enquired into Food Waste Bags to fulfil our new food waste services for the district. In under 2 hours Austen Group had confirmed with us some excellent pricing and lead times. Once the purchase order had been approved it was a quick and easy turnaround, delivery was made within 48 hours from when we sent over the order. We will continue to work closely with Austen Group to fulfil our food waste needs to help tackle both waste and climate change.
At Austen Group we are dedicated to supplying high quality service and environmentally friendly food waste products to our customers at the most competitive prices in the UK. Our research and development ensures that our products and our innovations are ideal for our customers and for the entire life cycle beyond them.
We have long established relationships, with consumers, retailers, councils, schools and commercial customers who continue to purchase Biobags from us with confidence and many have done so for many years.
We are based in Tetbury Gloucestershire where we operate from 88,000 sq ft of Warehousing space. Please see photos in header.
We manufacture 100% compostable liners, made out of corn starch and certified as BS EN 13432:2000. Some plastic bags are sold as biodegradable, but this does not mean they will break down quickly enough during the recycling process and will contaminate the food waste, so only use bags which carry the correct logos.
Gardening Delights biobags have a gusseted base meaning they are reinforced to provide extra strength at the bottom of the bag. This helps prevent the bag braking when full of food waste, but does not affect the overall capacity of the bag. These Biobags are made from compostable bioplastic materials based on corn starch, other plant extracts and vegetable oils meaning they are 100% biodegradable and compostable. These materials are not only degradable, but certified biodegradable and compostable. The materials are easily compostable and biodegradable to water, CO2 and residual organic carbon (compost), leaving no harmful residues. All of our liners conform to BS EN 13432 standard and carry the European standard seedling logo. Suitable for council waste collection schemes and home composting.
The physical and mechanical properties of these materials are similar with conventional plastic. However there are some major differences:
We range the following Food Waste Bags which will cover all Council Kerbside collections, which ranges from 5 Litre all the way through to 240 Litre Wheelie Bin Size Food Waste Biobags.
All our production facilities operate with ISO9001 and ISO14001 audited and certified procedures. We operate and work with many factories around the World, you can be certain that our products have been made in facilities which standards and regulations on safety, employment and the environment.
We seek and establish similar levels of performance, business ethics and communication in all our suppliers, including our hauliers.
All orders from stock are shipped next day. We pride ourselves on fast and reliable deliveries. We stock vast amounts of stock here in the UK with regular replenishments across all food waste bag sizes. We can produce, ship and deliver bulk bespoke printed orders within 12 weeks from receipt of order.
Compostable liners should be stored in a cool dry environment. Liners will not biodegrade in storage, biodegradation will only be initiated in a compost environment in the presence of micro-organisms, humidity and warmth. However, over time, the material may lose some of its mechanical properties and weaken.
To ensure optimum performance we would recommend purchasing no more than you would expect to use over a 12-month period.
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Robbie Moore MP
Published 25th March 2024
Councils in England will be supported with up to £295 million in funding to introduce weekly food waste collections by 31 March 2026, Recycling Minister Robbie Moore announced today (Monday 25 March).
