FESTIVE leftovers are now useful for more than just soup - they can also be used to keep kettles boiling .
More than 100 tonnes of Christmas food waste - the equivalent of two-million mince pies - were recycled by Conwy residents in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Two thirds of the food waste, collected from 50,000 homes by Conwy County Borough Council’s recycling service, will be composted in Anglesey.
The rest of the waste will be used to produce electricity through anaerobic digestion, which breaks down the waste in the absence of oxygen. The electricity generated will then go in to the National Grid.
Cllr Mike Priestley, Conwy County Borough Council's Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “While it’s great to use your leftovers, it’s impossible not to have some food waste at Christmas and I’d like to thank residents for not putting it in the rubbish bin.”
Cllr Priestley added that the service had sent 25% less waste to landfill this Christmas than last year, which will save the authority £13,000 in one week on landfill charges.
For more information about recycling in Conwy, call 01492 575337.