Edinburgh City Council has become the latest local authority to trial food waste collection from houses in the area.
Around 20,000 households in Edinburgh will be part of the scheme, which will see food waste collected and sent for energy-from-waste processing every week, Waste Management World reports.
If successful, the service will then be rolled out across the Scottish capital, as Edinburgh City Council looks to achieve an ambitious target of recycling 75 per cent of all waste by 2020.
Councillor Robert Aldridge, environmental leader, told the news provider that the scheme offers "real potential" for a behavioural shift in the city.
"It's important for residents to know, that if recycling is increased there will be a much better service, as well as helping the environment, reducing waste and saving money," he said.
Cheltenham Borough Council recently announced that it saved 23 tonnes of material from heading to landfill sites in the first two days of its food waste recycling scheme.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the energy from food waste industry includes:
