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New ADBA Board appointments reflect diverse sector interests

ADBA has announced three new board members to support and enhance the trade body’s representation and knowledge base in the burgeoning anaerobic digestion market. ADBA is the UK's only trade body specifically representing the AD market and has around 350 members. In the last five years the…

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Tags: ADBA board, david greenfield, Julian O'Neill, willie heller, Biogen, Tamar Energy, soenecs, food waste, local authority, council, source segregation, Waste, bioresources, resource management, Derek Sivyer

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ADBA comments on UK food waste policy

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ADBA's Chief Executive, Charlotte Morton, has commented on UK food waste policy for LAWR's May Issue: With a growing world population and over one million people accessing food banks in the UK alone, food is a resource that we cannot afford to waste. Despite that, about 15 million tonnes…

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Tags: quote, lawr, food waste, landfill ban, Northern Ireland, source segregation, waste collections, policy, government, Derek Sivyer

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Core processors: will your next smartphone be made from food waste?

Anaerobic digestion (AD) already generates some of the electricity that recharges many of our smartphones, however, exciting new R&D led by an EU project, called PlasCarb, could soon see AD generating the graphene technology that both stores and maximises the power in your smartphone. PlasCarb is currently researching…

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Tags: R&D, ADBA R&D Forum, plascarb, EU, smartphones, food waste, graphene, graphite, graphitic carbon, cpi, steven broome, hydrogen, lithium ion batteries, cancer treatment, water purification, defence equipment, source segregation, Derek Sivyer

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Fuelling the green gas revolution

Conventional biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel currently account for the majority of biofuels supplied and used in the United Kingdom. Under existing policies, however, the UK is currently some way off being able to meet the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) 10 per cent renewable transport fuel 2020 target. Progress is hampered…

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Tags: greenfleet, editorial, conventional biofuels, bioethanol, biodiesel, biofuels, renewable energy directive, indirect land use change, DfT, biomethane, air pollution, public health england, Chris Huhne, adba national conference 2014, JouleVert, Colin Matthews, vehicles, gas alliance group, tony griffiths, refuelling infrastructure, green gas trading, Labour, EU, house of lords science & technology select committee, food waste, food and drink, Liberal Democrats, zero waste britain act, source segregation, landfill ban

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Anaerobic digestion: fuelling the way to greener, smarter cities

The concept of a ‘smart city’ is often taken to mean cutting-edge digital technology, but it is just as important that planners and architects embed circular economic models at the heart of our future city designs. As well as supporting a sustainable portfolio of urban renewable energy technologies,…

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Tags: clickgreen media, editorial, smart cities, urban landscapes, future cities, planning, Green investment Bank, Circular Economy, closed loop, shaun kingsbury, recycling, biomethane, energy infrastructure, source segregation, food waste, Derek Sivyer

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WRAP survey: have your say on waste contracts

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WRAP is carrying out a survey on food waste collection as part of a wider programme to maximise food waste yields in accordance with the challenge of meeting UK 2020 recycling targets. The main focus of the survey is on the contractual mechanisms surrounding incentives and barriers to the collection of…

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Tags: contamination, feedstock, Matt Hindle, source segregation, waste collections, Waste Policy, Wrap

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Commons committee calls for food waste landfill ban

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The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report entitled ‘Circular Economy: ending the throwaway society’. The Committee recommends several measures aimed at achieving a ‘circular economy’: A ban on food waste being sent to landfill That the government should support EU proposals to increase recycling rates to 70% by 2030 Lowering VAT…

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Tags: food waste, House of Commons, landfill, landfill ban, Matt Hindle, source segregation

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Food waste AD surges in Scotland

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The quantity of food waste treated through AD in Scotland has increased by 15,000 tonnes since November 2013, following the introduction of the Waste Regulations in January 2014. Since the new year, Scottish businesses generating over 50kg of food waste per week in urban areas must present it separately for collection. This change…

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Tags: food waste, Jordan Marshall, Labour, landfill ban, Scotland, source segregation, Waste Regulations

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Food waste collections: Lords back best practice model for England

A much publicised Lords report into food waste prevention has labelled the quantities of food waste “morally repugnant”, and has largely placed the blame with supermarkets and food retailers for practices such as BOGOF offers. Key recommended actions to cut food waste include tax breaks such as VAT exemptions to…

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Tags: food waste prevention, House of Lords, Jordan Marshall, separate food waste collections, source segregation

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Waste management policy in England: inquiry launched

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Given Defra’s intention of “stepping back” in areas of waste management where there is no clear market failure, a parliamentary inquiry has been launched to investigate Defra’s existing municipal waste management policies and what impact a reduction in their activities will have. Notably, the committee has specifically asked…

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Tags: AD Strategy & Action Plan, Defra, Jordan Marshall, separate food waste collections, source segregation, waste management

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AD food waste capacity to increase by 62% in next decade

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A report into waste infrastructure capacity has identified that over 2.2 million tonnes of source segregated food waste will be available for treatment through AD by 2025, with 117 food waste plants in operation capable of treating 1.4 million tonnes each year. Sita’s report suggests that the continued growth of the food waste…

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Tags: food waste, Jordan Marshall, separate food waste collections, Sita, source segregation

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Energy from Waste Guide emphasises role for AD

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Defra and DECC have published a revised version of their guide to Energy from Waste, which can be accessed here. While it does not specifically cover AD, it does make several useful references to the importance of the technology in treating food waste. In particular, it is clear thatwet wastes…

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Tags: DECC, Defra, food waste, Matt Hindle, recycling, source segregation, Waste Policy

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Ministers slammed over failure to support food waste collections

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Appearing before a Lords’ inquiry into building a biowaste economy, two DECC ministers and one Defra minister faced repeated questioning about the lack of drive to support separate food waste collections in England. Resource minister Dan Rogerson MP, as well as energy minister Michael Fallon MP and climate change minister…

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Tags: Dan Rogerson, DECC, Defra, Greg Barker, Jordan Marshall, Lords, Michael Fallon, separate food waste collections, source segregation

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Hospitality sector's £2.5bn food waste bill - can AD address this?

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The opportunities for the hospitality and food service sector to profit from AD have been highlighted in a WRAP report. Food waste costs the sector £2.5bn each year, and while cutting the proportion of food waste must be the first priority, the sector still generates 235,000 tonnes of unavoidable food waste…

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Tags: food waste, Hospitality, Jordan Marshall, landfill ban, separate food waste collections, source segregation, Wrap

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EU waste targets: government talks down landfill ban

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Defra’s response to the consultation on the review of EU waste targets has disappointingly reiterated government’s opposition to banning biodegradeable waste to landfill, although this was caveated with the assurance that this position would change if such a mechanism can be proven to be “the best-value way of…

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Tags: Defra, European Commission, European Union, Green Alliance, Jordan Marshall, landfill ban, Landfill Directive, separate food waste collections, source segregation, Waste Framework Directive

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