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Reforming the packaging responsibility system and a plastics tax

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As set out in the blog we published earlier today, Defra has today launched a consultation on consistency and separate food waste collections. You can learn about this here. Three other consultations are running to take forward the ambition of the Resources and Waste Strategy. Here we…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, biomethane, food waste operators, bioplastics, plastics, consultation, Defra, HM Treasury, resources and waste strategy, thom koller

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ADBA attends Defra Biowaste Regulatory Forum

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This week I attended the Biowaste Regulatory Forum, which brings together Defra, the environmental regulators and industry bodies. The main points discussed at the meeting were: Environment Agency update Kathy Nicholls from the Environment Agency (EA) expressed ongoing EA concerns around containment failures. Overall, serious incidents have reduced to about 9…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, biogas, regulation, biowaste regulatory forum, Environment Agency, Defra, permitting, digestate, plastics, digestate quality

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MEMBER’S PRESS RELEASE: dewatering and compacting of reject from food waste plant

Huber UK, as part of their ongoing development programme to solve their customer’s requirements, have been developing and testing well proven equipment in the applications arising on Anaerobic Digestion plants. One area looked at has been to reduce the amount of rejects from the de-packaging units in order…

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Tags: member's press release, huber uk, huber technology, de-packaging, landfill, food waste, plastics, Tamar Energy, wap-l unit, Derek Sivyer

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MEMBER’S PRESS RELEASE: Removing plastics from digested food waste

In order to meet the Quality protocol PAS 110 for use of digestate as a fertiliser the plastics content must be reduced. How the plastics are removed will depend on the upstream process however Huber Technology have successfully trialled and installed their Strainpress for plastics removal at a number of sites. …

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Tags: member's press release, huber technology, PAS 110, digestate, biofertiliser, plastics, food waste, strainpress, andigestion, Derek Sivyer

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