Burdens Environmental partner with Bioplex to provide Anaerobic Digestion Solutions

And DEFRA gives its backing to Anaerobic Digestion as well. Anaerobic digestion and weekly food waste collections were hailed as the answer to the food waste mountain in the English waste strategy, published by the government in May.

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is the process of breaking down food waste through bacteria in the absence of air. The process produces two by-products - the bio-gas methane which can be captured for energy recovery, and a liquid or solid digestate which can be used as a soil improver.

Portagester (AD) collecting manure

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