Tagged: "Anaerobic digestion"
Farmers offered funding to set up AD plants
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has launched a £3million fund to help farmers to set up small anaerobic digestion plants.
AD sector shows continued growth, finds WRAP study
Last year saw 'significant growth' in the number of operational anaerobic digestion sites, according to a study by WRAP, with the total input of organic waste processed via AD climbing to 1.69million tonnes.
Works begin on Suffolk AD power plant
Construction has begun on a biomethane-to-grid anaerobic digestion plant in Beccles, Suffolk. The Ellough plant will use locally grown energy crops to produce 12MW of thermal energy.
WRAP publishes latest waste management charges
WRAP has published its sixth annual Gate Fees Report, a summary of the latest charges for alternative waste treatment, recovery and disposal options and how the fees compare to previous years.
Food waste must be ‘tackled on every level’ – CIWM
CIWM says a new Defra report on tackling food waste 'hits the nail on the head' in its calls for all levels, from government to producers to consumers, to address the problem.
Five new AD plants proposed for northern England
Tamar Energy and Peel Environmental have agreed a deal which may see up to five new anaerobic digestion plants built in the north of England.
Duchy of Cornwall receives first Green Gas Certificate
The UK's first Green Gas Certificates – which provide assurance on the biomethane supply chain – have been presented to the Office of the Prince of Wales and The Duchy of Cornwall.
Sainsbury’s celebrates ‘putting all store waste to positive use’
Sainsbury's has hit its target of sending zero waste to landfill within three years, with all waste now going 'to positive use'. Surplus food is redistributed, used to make animal feed or sent to AD plants, while general waste is recycled or turned into fuel.
Co-op aims to send zero food waste to landfill
The Co-operative Group has announced a programme designed to stop all food store waste going to landfill, instead being recycled or used in AD plants or a refuse-derived fuel facility.
David Cameron praises AD energy at Wyke Farms
Wyke Farms welcomed prime minister David Cameron to its Somerset farm, where he had a tour of the dairy company's anaerobic digestion plant fuelled by dairy and farm waste.
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