Moving food waste out of landfill and into AD

The UK aims to avoid sending household food waste to landfill by recycling it into fertiliser and biogas. Philip Lightowlers and Nicholas Schoon examine whether council’s food waste collections and anaerobic digestion plants can fulfill their potential

A council truck disposes of food waste collected from households in Lynmouth, Devon (photo: Mark Boulton/Alamy)
A council truck disposes of food waste collected from households in Lynmouth, Devon (photo: Mark Boulton/Alamy)

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