Bioenergy Insight
Summary
Newcastle City Council in England has trialled a food waste recycling initiative, which has passed a significant milestone - diverting over 300 tonnes of household food waste from landfill since its launch in September 2024.
The collected waste is being used to generate renewable energy and produce nutrient-rich biofertiliser, marking a successful demonstration of municipal-scale anaerobic digestion in action.
The process produces biogas, which is either used in combined heat and power (CHP) engines to generate electricity and heat, or upgraded to biomethane and injected into the National Grid.
So far, the energy recovered from the trial equates to around 750,000 kWh - enough to power 281 homes or heat 67 homes for a full year.
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