A UK support partnership has launched a new compost section on its website.

FoodFen – a collection of businesses and public sector organisations that helps the Fenland agri-food industry – aims to advise firms on how to composte waste rather than pay for its disposal.

The new project follows a meeting that FoodFen organised for around 30 food industry chiefs.

FoodFen director Richard Turner said: 'Currently it costs around £31 per tonne to spread waste on land, and between £15 and £20 per tonne to compost organic material.' He added that an Environment Agency review on disposal of organic matter waste meant composting could become an even more vaiable option next year.

The website can be accessed on www.foodfen.org.uk