Winners of AD and Biogas Industry Awards 2020 celebrated
The winners of the 2020 AD and Biogas Industry Awards were announced on 8 October in a virtual Awards Ceremony hosted by the Anaerobic...
Scottish college “rockets” food waste recycling rates with second on-site composter
Dundee and Angus College has invested in a second of Tidy Planet’s Rocket Composters for its Arbroath Campus, after successfully composting over 70 tonnes...
Bexley council launches app-based anti-food-waste campaign
Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche
The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on...
UK’s biggest green gas producer to launch biology consultancy
On 8 April, Future Biogas - "the UK’s biggest green gas producer" - will launch a subsidiary consultancy service. Called Fern AD, it will...
Pumpkin waste the biggest scare this Halloween, says ReFood UK
Comment from Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood UK
Halloween is now officially the third biggest holiday celebrated in the UK, preceded only by Christmas...
Modelling methane-eating bacteria holds promises for fuel and chemicals production
Nature is full of surprises – not to mention solutions. A research team including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable...
Become an insect farmer to turn muck into brass and help save the planet,...
A ‘how-to’ guide on the benefits of becoming an insect farmer was published by Zero Waste Scotland on 14 January.
"You won’t need acres of...
Disposal firm announces “state-of-the-art” animal by-product processing facility
Plans for a Category 1 animal by-product processing facility at the renewable energy and recycling site of SecAnim in Widnes, Cheshire were announced in...
Comment: The future of biotechnology is growing on Scotland’s farms
By Liz Fletcher
Industrial biotechnology is often portrayed as something that happens solely within controlled lab environments, yet that view misses a significant opportunity. The...
Fuel handling solution chosen for UK’s first commercial bio-substitute natural gas plant
A pioneering green gas generation plant, under construction at Marston Gate in Swindon by Advanced Plasma Power and Cadent, is to use a fully...
New report highlights the value of biogas in addressing global challenges
• The World Biogas Association (WBA) publishes its latest report on the Global Potential of Biogas to address global environmental and economic challenges
• The...
AD experts join forces to give operators greater access to viable feedstocks
Two well-known service providers in the anaerobic digestion sector are joining forces with the aim of delivering greater access to rapid, more accurate testing.
AD...
£540k investment for “first of its kind” organic waste facility near Glasgow
Organic waste recycling firm Keenan Recycling has secured £540,000 from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund. The £18 million fund provides investment...
Leftover grain from breweries could be converted into fuel for homes
A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has developed a seemingly low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could...
Report aims to encourage food waste recycling in London
A report and campaign, launched on 7 July, aim to put pressure on London councils to improve recycling rates and food waste separation in...
Firm targets food and drink manufacturers with next generation organic waste digester
Organic waste treatment specialist Advetec says it can reduce food processors costs with its new XO product, an evolution of its pre-existing Bio-Thermic Digester...
Biomethane could deliver 30% of the UK’s 2030 carbon budget in hardest to decarbonise...
With a supportive policy environment, anaerobic digestion (AD) technology could produce 8 billion m3 biomethane/year, enough to heat 6.4 million homes, by 2030, according...
Fertiliser first
Boddington Estates has become the first farm in the county to receive a high quality ‘green’ fertiliser from the county’s local food waste recycling...
Boost your biogas yield with free silage training day, suggests AD expert firm
Specialist consultancy FM BioEnergy is running a series of silage training days in March, in conjunction with operators in the AD sphere
Calling all on-farm...
Aberdeen project to turn potato waste into “skincare gold”
A new project at the University of Aberdeen is exploring how to turn potato waste into high value compounds that can be used for...
