Local authorities blame the delays on a lack of funding and a shortage of bin lorries.
"You're keeping it out of your general waste bin, keeping it out of landfill, reducing those emissions that will come from that food rotting in landfill, but you're also keeping your waste clean to allow that to be recycled," she said.
— Source: BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv8ye887e4o)
