£2.8 million project to make new types of gel from waste food
Waste from potato crops could be ‘recycled’ into personal care products such as medical gels and beauty creams – thanks to a new UEA research project. The food industry throws away millions of tonnes of vegetables each year. Surplus supply, processing waste and the fact that many supermarkets only accept ‘perfect’ fruit and vegetables of […]
Arla signs up to cutting-edge agreement to tackle food and drink waste
Arla Foods UK, the farmer-owned dairy company has announced its commitment to transform food and drink production. As a founder signatory to the Courtauld Commitment 2025, Arla has joined leading organisations from across the industry to work together to tackle food and drink waste, greenhouse gas emissions and water intensity. The announcement signifies Arla’s continued […]
ReFood reveals Sustainable Visionaries final three
ReFood, the UK’s leading food waste recycler, has officially announced the finalists of its Sustainable Visionaries student scholarship competition. Ronan Keane from Huddersfield University, Blyth Mkonya from Sheffield Hallam and Florence Cornish from Leith’s School of Food & Wine have each gained a place on the competition’s shortlist and will now go head to head […]
New scheme for farm waste
Exciting times are approaching for DBG Recycling and local farmer John Hodsman. Working in conjunction with Agri.cycle, DBG have opened a new site that will enable farmers to recycle farm waste which would otherwise end up in landfill. The new site situated at Westow will be run as a collection point by John Hodsman. John […]
Fly tipping back on the radar
The CLA has welcomed a change in the law making it easier for authorities to seize fly-tippers’ vehicles, and in some circumstances allowing them to destroy vehicles which have been seized. The Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) Regulations 2015 came into force in England and Wales on 6 April 2015. The changes broaden […]
Landowners back plans to seize vehicles caught fly-tipping
Landowners have backed plans to seize the vehicles of people caught fly-tipping in the countryside. The CLA which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses has responded to a government consultation on fly-tipping in support of apprehending vehicles involved in the crime and said it had called for culprits to be dealt with more robustly for […]
Two of the UK’s leading waste processing facilities open their doors to the public
Europe’s leading food waste recycling specialist, SARIA, is throwing open the doors to two of its processing facilities for the first time. The ReFood Widnes gas-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and SecAnim animal by-product processing facility both welcomed guests on 11-12 November for its stakeholder open days. The ReFood Widnes AD facility opened in […]
Reeds recycling for Agri.Cycle
The planting of a reed bed is saving a Lincolnshire based company over 24,000 litres of water per day. Agricultural plastic waste recycling company, Agri.Cycle Ltd, has recently had reed beds installed at its processing site in Caenby, in order to reduce its water consumption by cleansing and recycling waste water. The reed bed, measuring […]
State of Hawaii advances BioTork Agricultural and Energy Initiative
The State of Hawaii recently passed legislation to assist in funding a zero-waste project that converts crops, crop residues, dedicated energy crops, and agricultural waste into economically and environmentally sustainable biofuels and value-added co-products. Hawaiis Department of Budget and Finance is now authorized, with the approval of Governor Neil Abercrombie, to issue special purpose revenue […]
