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SEIZING THE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
By David Newman, President, World Biogas Association
hroughout 2017 we will see significant change on a number of fronts, from the Trump presidency to the UK’s changing relationship with the European Union. But one thing I am confident of is that the global AD industry will continue to grow.
The European Commission’s Circular Economy Package is entering into its final months of negotiation in Brussels, with associations, countries and companies all lobbying for their interests. Critical to the biogas sector will be the provisions regarding biowaste; specifically, whether biowaste collection should be mandatory and whether new materials such as bio-based and biodegradable materials are included within the biowaste definition, so they can be collected and recovered through composting or AD. What the final version of the Package will look like is anyone’s guess and we won’t know for some months yet, but I’m hopeful that it will provide a step in the right direction for waste management in Europe.
Meanwhile, the installation of the Trump presidency in the US (along with the Republican-dominated House and Senate) means that our framing of waste and renewable energy policies when talking with the new administration needs to be more in terms of energy security and the ‘bottom line’ rather than climate change and sustainability. Food waste is collected in very few states in the US and so the potential for biogas development is huge. However, quite how our American colleagues will work this into planning, policies and incentives with the new administration, given its climate scepticism, will be interesting to see.
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The World Biogas Association was formed to help national associations, companies and public administrations understand the role that biogas is playing in creating low cost and low carbon energy and nutrients globally, whether in the villages of southern Asia or the cities of Europe and North America. Reducing global food waste and recycling what’s left through AD is not only beneficial from an environmental point of view but also presents a huge market opportunity for ADBA and WBA members. The UK is in a fantastic position to use our existing expertise in treating waste to share best practice and become a global leader in addressing the food waste challenge.
I look forward to working with you in seizing this global market opportunity.
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