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PAGE 4: ARE WE FIT FOR AD?
Further to the government’s announcement on feed in tariffs, where next for AD in the UK?
Word from the editor
PAGE 5: ON THE MOVE
AD: Never has it
Specialist hauliers, Cawleys, examine the challenges of collecting and transporting food waste.
been so relevant
PAGES 6-7: VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK
The UK is no stranger to being the ‘dirty man of Europe’. So what lessons are there to be learnt
from Europe? The German Biogas Association looks back to when Germany first embraced AD.
AS WE went to press with this supplement
looking at anaerobic digestion (AD) in PAGES 8-9: WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
the UK in the 21st century, the Scottish Food waste collection services can be affordable and they can get public support, but only if
Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) they are designed with a built-in communications programme.
announced that the by-products of AD in
Scotland are no longer to be considered PAGES 10-11: AN OVERVIEW OF THE AD PROCESS
waste; a regulatory position that matches BiogenGreenfinch looks at challenges and opportunities facing the AD industry today.
the one taken in England and Wales.
Nor was this the only biogas story in PAGES 12-13: MAKING THE MOST OF BIOMETHANE
the news. Renewable gas could meet up to 50% of the UK’s residential gas demand. So why did the
The BBC ran a piece on a report written government recently announce a reduced level of support for AD within the new renewable
by the Land Use Climate Change Group energy feed in tariff?
that recommends development of a system
where cattle herds are housed and methane PAGES 14-15: WHAT IS RETAIL DOING WITH FOOD WASTE?
emissions captured. Supermarkets like Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose are all keen to unlock the potential of
The report also recommends anaerobic AD. What is holding them back?
digestion to reduce methane emissions in
animals.
So this supplement could be not be
landing on people’s desks at a more
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Why it is so important to know
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more about anaerobic digestion
next 16 pages.
Read, learn and enjoy.
AS THE UK’s leader in processing food With the UK committed to strict carbon
Geraldine Faulkner, editor,
waste using anaerobic digestion (AD), we at reduction targets by 2020 AD represents the
Recycling and Waste World magazine
BiogenGreenfinch feel a strong responsibility most sustainable route to process food waste
to educate and inform the wider market about and reduce CO
2
emissions. We are aware
the role that AD can and should play in the however that this is only part of the equation,
treatment of the UK’s food waste. and that it must be cost competitive with other
The government together with processing techniques.
Published by
environmental experts state that AD is the We believe that for AD to flourish in the
A&D Media Ltd, Jesses Farm, most environmental way of processing UK, it requires joined up thinking by central
Snow Hill, Dinton, Wilts SP3 5HN food waste. and local government akin to the concept of
Editorial 0207 5016773 AD plants can be built at a scale such “an integrated transport strategy” and holistic
Email: geraldine@markallengroup.co.uk that they can be located close to the leadership together with a commercial sector
Advertising 01722 717016 sources of food waste – thus reducing that takes a strategic view of waste and the
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Fax: 01722 716926 of transporting food waste over long differentiate AD from the other various waste
distances. This is unlike the larger scale treatment processes that have lower levels of
Editor Geraldine Faulkner
incineration/ gasification projects that are environmental sustainability.
Sales manager Jane Kennedy
being considered.
Publishing director Jon Benson
The AD process produces biomethane
Richard Barker
Production manager Carolyn Allen
which in turn can be used to produce
CEO
renewable electricity for households, fuel
© A&D Media Ltd, 2010. All rights reserved. No part of
BiogenGreenfi nch
Recycling & Waste World may be reproduced, stored in a
for vehicles or indeed direct injection to the
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
gas network. It also produces ‘waste’ heat
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, that can be used by the local community.
without prior written permission of the managing director.
Composting or IVC does not produce
any such outputs. Similarly, incineration
and gasification use significant energy to
‘combust’ large amounts of water in waste.
Finally, AD produces a valuable soil
Printers: Pensord Press Ltd, Pontllanfraith,
enricher that farmers are increasingly
Blackwood, Gwent NP12 2YA
valuing as an alternative to fossil fuel-
Recycling & Waste World is printed on recycled paper.
The paper used is accredited with the Eugropa Recycled Mark.
based fertilisers.
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