Your Liberal Democrat councillors have been running a campaign over the past year to put pressure on the ruling Tory group, to allow food recycling again.  As reported in the WHTimes recycling levels had been very badly hit.

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/recycling-plummets-after-welwyn-hatfield-council-s-brown-bins-charge-latest-figures-reveal-1-5250542

Late last week we were informed that residents can now put food waste in their brown bins if they so wish.

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/brown-bins-u-turn-welwyn-hatfield-council-changes-food-waste-policy-1-5264068

We are delighted that our pressure has paid off and that common sense has prevailed!