FOOD waste recycling has been rolled out to villages surrounding Bicester.

Kitchen caddies were delivered this week to homes in villages including Ardley, Upper and Lower Heyford and Weston-on-the-Green. Next week villages including Islip, Yarnton and Shipton-on-Cherwell will get the food waste bins.

Also delivered was a free roll of compostable corn starch liners and an information pack including a fridge magnet.

Homes in Bicester are due to get caddies from February 15, and Banbury from March 8.

Cherwell estimates 12,000 tonnes of food waste goes to landfill each year. The new scheme aims to cut that by 4,000 tonnes in the coming year.