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Penair Highschool invest in Harp Bio-digester CX5 - Case Study
Penair Highschool decided to invest in a Harp Bio-digester CX5 with an integrated biomass boiler. This digester can process 2,000 litres of organic waste a week. This in turn saves the school an astonishing £11,000 annually. Before the Bio-digester they were spending an astronomical £11,000 on waste collection. Penair now have a complete food waste to energy process. By having this ...
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Going further with food: The rise of channelling food waste for biogas production - Case Study
Almost 50% of the total amount of food thrown away in the UK comes from our homes, representing over seven million tonnes of food and drink wasted from British households annually. Wasting this food costs the average household £470 a year. In fact, if we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the benefit to the planet would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road ...
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Going Further with Food: The Rise of Channelling Food Waste for Biogas Production
Almost 50% of the total amount of food thrown away in the UK comes from our homes, representing over seven million tonnes of food and drink wasted from British households annually. Wasting this food costs the average household £470 a year. In fact, if we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the benefit to the planet would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road ...
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Going further with food: The rise of channelling food waste for biogas production
Almost 50% of the total amount of food thrown away in the UK comes from our homes, representing over seven million tonnes of food and drink wasted from British households annually. Wasting this food costs the average household £470 a year. In fact, if we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the benefit to the planet would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road ...
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Food Waste into Energy and Revenue – Case Study
SEaB Energy’s Case Study ‘Food Waste into Energy and Revenue’ has been featured in the latest issue of Environment Industry Magazine and Green Hotelier. The articles feature the Chilworth Best Western Hotel as pioneers in revolutionising current food waste disposal practices. To view the articles please visit the following links: ...
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Addressing food waste through anaerobic digestion
Food waste continues to be a problem worldwide, even with more and more attention being paid to reducing spoilage and to salvaging edible foods for redistribution or reuse. One approach to the problem is diverting inedible organic matter from landfills and treating it with anaerobic digestion, which has the side effect of capturing energy. The amount of food wasted worldwide was 2.3 billion ...
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Southampton Science Park Case Study
Turning Food Waste into Science Park Energy – Muckbuster® Installation at the University of Southampton Science Park, Chilworth, Southampton, Hants SO16 7NP Installation Date May 2012 Please open the link below for more details: Southampton Science Park News Letter. Turning Food Waste into Science Park Energy – Muckbuster® Installation at the University of Southampton ...
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It`s a dirty job, but food recycling is an increasingly viable business model
Turning trash into treasure isn't easy, but a number of companies are successfully making a business out of converting food waste into renewable energy and other products. Part of the opportunity in food recycling comes from laws that are adding food waste to the list of mandatory recyclables. Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York already have laws requiring certain businesses to separate food ...
By Mobius
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The Power of Sustainability in Restaurants: Tips for Going Green
Restaurant Sustainability Practices How much does your food business impact the environment? The topic of climate change and sustainability is a hot topic for business owners and individuals alike. Every day, we make decisions that impact our planet and affect future generations. As a restaurant owner, you can make a difference by implementing changes that reduce food waste, compost scraps, ...
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Examination of food waste co-digestion to manage the peak in energy demand at wastewater treatment plants
Many digesters in Germany are not operated at full capacity; this offers the opportunity for co-digestion. Within this research the potentials and limits of a flexible and adapted sludge treatment are examined with a focus on the digestion process with added food waste as co-substrate. In parallel, energy data from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) are analysed and lab-scale ...
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Collaborative housing and environmental efficiency: the case of food preparation and consumption
In theory, food handling in collaborative housing systems could have a number of environmental advantages compared with households and food service institutions. This paper explores to what extent some of these theoretical advantages are realised in two collaborative housing units in a major Swedish city. Food-related energy use and waste flows were measured and compared with results from food ...
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New system to convert food waste into fertiliser for greenhouse use gives potential 95% reduction in CO2 emissions
A new method of processing food waste into fertiliser has been outlined in a recent study. The process uses a digester system with microorganisms to break down organic waste into fertiliser. The resultant fertiliser was used in a low-energy greenhouse to produce a range of food crops. The method is a potential way to utilise food waste and reduce the energy consumption of food production as part ...
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Meet Roman A. Membrane
I was born in 1964 in San Diego, CA to a researcher at UCLA who worked on a project called reverse osmosis and an engineer who worked with nuclear reactors. In the early 1970’s I found my true calling in a process called separation. Some thought that I invented it so they called it Membrane Separation. I studied electronics and was named the top process in my class electronics is where I ...
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Janesville Wastewater Project
Location: Janesville Wastewater Plant Janesville, WI Partners: City of Janesville AECOM Unison Solutions BioCNG, LLC – Cornerstone Contact: Daniel Lynch, P.E. Utility Director lynchd@ci.janesville.wi.us Feedstock: Wastewater Biogas Vehicles Fueled: Up to 40 light-duty municipal vehicles Maximum Annual Fuel Production: 3,650 GGE Payback Period: 2-3 ...
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Five reasons cities should take a leading role on food waste
Reported figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on food loss and food waste highlight its importance to the global environment. Food loss and waste annually contribute 3.3 gigagrams of CO2 equivalent, or over twice the total emissions of India; waste 250 cubic kilometers of water which is equivalent to 100 million Olympic-sized swimming pools; and 1.4 ...
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The Secret to Real Sustainability - Truly sustainable decisions start with looking at the big picture.
Make every decision with the future in mind. In essence, that’s the definition of sustainability. It means doing our part to ensure that our great-grandchildren — and their great-grandchildren — will have the resources they’ll need to maintain a high quality of life. But for such a simple concept, sustainability requires considerable effort, far more than most people ...
By Ensia
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What’s next for food waste?
With the target to halve edible food waste by 2020 drawing ever closer, a growing number of food manufacturers and retailers are improving their waste prevention strategies. But when ‘waste’ is inevitable, what then? Paul Featherstone, group director of SugaRich, investigates the extent to which such organisations are saying ‘no’ to landfill, before considering what ...
By SugaRich
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Environmentally Friendly Meetings Move to Center Stage
ASTM “Green Meeting” Standards Help Save Energy and Reduce Pollution Thanks to work by ASTM International Subcommittee E60.02 on Hospitality, a set of ASTM standards now helps define best practices for ensuring that meetings and events are greener and more sustainable. Meetings and events are a big business, representing billions of dollars in economic activity for economies around ...
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