Food firms help Scotland go greener.Scottish Water Scottish Water is a state-owned company in Scotland that provides water and sewerage services. Unlike in England and Wales, water and sewerage provision in Scotland has not been privatised and is owned by the Scottish Executive. Horizons is to recycle food and garden waste into green energy in Renfrewshire, with planning permission planning permission Noun formal permission granted by a local authority for the construction, alteration, or change of use of a building planning permission n → licencia de obras granted for a new anaerobic digestion Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the natural process of biological degradation of organic material in the absence of air. An anaerobic digester is a man-made system that harnesses this process to treat waste and produce biogas and anaerobic digestate, a soil-improving material. (AD) facility. The Johnstone site, which currently composts garden waste is following in the footsteps of its successful sister site at Deerdykes in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. . Deerdykes already composts food waste in its multi-million pound in-vessel tunnels and an AD facility which will increase food waste capacity is due to open at this site in spring 2010. Scottish Water Horizons is encouraging food manufacturing and processing firms throughout Scotland to join this green revolution, whilst also avoiding increasing landfill tax A landfill tax is a form of tax that is applied in some countries to increase the cost of landfill. The tax is typically levied in units of currency per unit of weight or volume (£/t, E/t, $/yard³). and the damaging environmental impacts that landfill disposal creates. Scottish Water Horizons will invest 10m [pounds sterling] in the construction of the state-of-the-art environmental plant, which will start later this year. Once completed, late 2010, the facility will produce around 1.2 Megawatts of 'green' electricity annually from around 40,000 tonnes of food and garden waste. This is enough electricity to supply the needs of 1000 homes. When complete, the facility will recycle everything from waste generated by factories producing food to kitchen scraps from domestic kitchens. Food companies, as well as some councils in the West of Scotland
Offensive odours are caused by excess nitrogen or moisture. Plant. Like the plant at Johnstone, this existing food waste treatment facility is building an anaerobic digestion plant to generate green energy. The Cumbernauld AD plant expansion will be operational by April 2010. Climate change is a top priority for many food production businesses and with landfill tax set to increase by 50 percent in the next 2 years, Johnstone and Deerdykes will offer large scale solutions to the Scottish food sector. Food producers and distributors are being encouraged to contact Scottish Water Horizons to find out how their business can benefit. Scottish Enterprise's Jude Maxwell is a keen supporter of the Deerdykes facility and believes Johnstone can further benefit the West of Scotland food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. sector: "We know that innovative waste management is fundamental to sustainable business growth and increased competitive advantage. It has particular significance within the food and drink sector, and there are a number of opportunities for these businesses to further grow and diversify their waste management solutions." Contact Scottish Water Waste Services on tel 0131 445 6768 or visit www.scottishwater.co.uk |
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