LIBERAL democrats in Oxfordshire are calling on colleagues to introduce a countywide composting campaign for domestic food waste.

Zoe Patrick, the leader of the Lib Dems at County Hall, will today table a motion calling for a special plant at which to treat kitchen waste.

She said: "Although normal composting by households is fine for green waste, waste from meat and fish needs special treatment.

"This can be dealt with in an enclosed container and the process called 'in-vessel composting'."

She will urged county colleagues to provide this new technology as soon as possible.

She added: "We all know we must reduce waste going to landfill urgently, and the Lib Dems are in favour of encouraging as much recycling as possible.

"However, even if we compost at home, residual food needs special treatment and people worry about leaving rotting food in their bins.

"We are urging the county to provide a solution so that food waste can be collected weekly for composting, rather than going to landfill."