One source close to the process said the thin plastic used to line the cages that transport bin bags was easily damaged so that liquid from putrefying rubbish could spill on to the floor of lorries. Meanwhile store staff sometimes did not have time to sort or wrap the rubbish adequately.
The source said there was not the time or resources to wash every trailer after each collection of general waste. With hundreds of Tesco stores around the country, some lorries can do several deliveries a day.
"I know they can't live up to the expectation of any reasonable customer," he said. "It's penny pinching and it's going to blow up because when it gets hot that smell is going to magnify 10-fold," said the source.
The source said, however, that food would never touch the floor of the delivery trailer because it is packaged and transported within wheeled cages.
Legally, all vehicles and containers used for transporting food must be kept clean and well-maintained to ensure food is not contaminated.
A spokesperson for the Food Standards Agency said: "The law is clear. where non-food products are carried there must be suitable cleaning before foods are carried. Receptacles or containers used to transport food cannot be used to transport anything else where this might lead to contamination."
It is not uncommon for supermarkets to transport dry waste, such as cardboard or plastic, from stores to recycling centres in empty grocery delivery lorries. The process is called backfilling and saves both money and fuel, so is seen as environmentally friendly.
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