Fact
There are 15 AD plants in the UK today licensed to take food waste including animal by products.
Three of these are owned by BiogenGreenfinch.
Recycling instead of landfill
Most food waste ends up in landfills where it rots giving off methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Using anaerobic digestion (AD) to recycle food waste captures the methane to generate clean energy, producing a valuable biofertiliser and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Capturing the biogas from one tonneof food waste that is digested rather than sent to landfill will avoid emissions of between 0.5 and 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent. Local processing of food waste also reduces transport distances, saving more carbon.
Our anaerobic digesters can process a wide variety of food chain wastes (including liquids and animal by-products) as well as source-separated food waste collected by local authorities. We also separate out any packaging, recycling as much as possible.
Together with WRAP and DEFRA, we are working with waste contractors, local authorities commercial producers of food and farmers to help them formulate how best to process and treat their waste
† Household Food and Drink Waste in the UK, published by Waste & Resources ActionProgramme, Banbury, November 2009. ISBN: 1-84405-430-6 www.wrap.org.uk/foodanddrinkwaste
