Britain’s Food Waste Collection and Recycling has Tripled
Last week (21st November) WRAP finally published the results of its survey “A study of the UK organics recycling industry 2009″ which revealed that food waste collection for recycling and composting...
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Government Urged to Ban Food Waste from Landfills
Thinktank CentreForum have urged the UK government to ban Food Waste from landfills, this week. The UK coalition government has been advised that banning food waste from landfills would boost the...
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Festival Food Recycling Hits New High Notes
As the – ahem – ‘Great’ British Summer reaches it’s peak, hundreds of thousands of revellers will be heading out for a long weekend of camping, dancing and mud at festivals like V Festival, Leeds &...
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London to Get First Anaerobic Digestion Plant
In a surprising first, the City of London is set to get it’s first anaerobic digestion plant – backed by the UK Green Investments group. Set to begin development in September 2012, the new site at the...
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Ground Broken on Wales’ First Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Construction has officially begun on the first anaerobic digestion facility in Wales, after Welsh Environment Minister John Griffiths cut the turf at Llwyn Isaf, near Caernarfon. A £5 million...
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Food Recycling Plant to Power 3,000 Bristol Homes
Food Recycling has taken a drastic upturn in Bristol over the past 18 months, and to cope with the demand a high-yield new food recycling plant has officially opened it’s doors this week. Capable of...
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Ireland Confirms Separate Food Waste Collections
The Irish minister for the environment has announced today that food waste will be collected separately from non-biodegradable waste. Minister Phil Hogan has confirmed Ireland will be participating in...
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Dagenham to House new Food Waste Recycling Plant in 2014
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has given the go-ahead to a brand-new food waste recycling plant to be built throughout next year. Set to cost £30m, the build will be taken on by ReFood UK –...
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Anaerobic Digestion in the UK: Supply to Outstrip Demand?
New data has suggested that the anaerobic digestion capacity in the United Kingdom could soon be well beyond the level of food sate available for treatment within the next few years. A bioeconomy...
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Scotland’s Anaerobic Digestion Levels See Boost
The amount of commercial food waste being processed by Scotland’s anaerobic digestion plants has risen dramatically over the last six months according to preliminary reports. Zero Waste Scotland...
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Food Recycling Powers Sainsbury’s in Landmark Deal
A breakthrough deal for a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Cannock will mark a UK first next week as the retail chain are set to announce the store will go ‘off the grid’ and become powered by food...
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Scotland Looks to Anaerobic Digestion for Recycling Growth
Energy organisation Scottish Renewables say that Scotland’s renewable energy future is looking particularly bright thanks to effective waste management and a burgeoning anaerobic digestion industry....
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Commercial Food Waste collections to benefit after elections
With the General Election looking to be set for May 2015 it seems likely that a change of government will benefit the environment as food waste looks set to be banned from landfill in the...
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Food Waste to be Turned into Raw Materials for Manufacturing & Fuel
The North of England has become one of the most innovative areas in the country as the CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) will take food waste and process it as graphene. Food waste has been recycled...
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US-Designed ‘Mechanical Stomach’ Lands in The UK
A new food recycling machine billed as a ‘mechanical stomach’ could be the key to turning the excess of food waste into little more than water at a staggering rate, as the first of it’s kind in the UK...
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