The free commercial food waste collection service will swing into action on Monday. It is the first scheme of its kind in the UK. The waste will be recycled at Ludlow’s biodigester, which converts food scraps into electricity and compost. The initiative will lead to savings at local businesses which will not charged for the removal of their food waste. Normally, businesses have to pay a surcharge.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays a biodiesel-powered collection vehicle will empty the blue bins and take the food waste up to the biodigester. There, the food waste will be converted into sterile solid and liquid soil conditioners, heat and electricity.
Today Councillor Nick Barclay, South Shropshire District Council’s lead member for environmental policy, said: “Businesses in the food industry have shown great support for the scheme.
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Posted on 13th March 2008
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