North East Lincolnshire Council is expanding its food waste recycling pilot to more homes this Spring. The Council started collecting food waste every week ...
The digestate or biofertiliser produced undergoes pasteurisation to ensure that any pathogens are destroyed and is stored in large lagoons ready to be applied twice a year on farmland. It is here that bacteria feed on the food waste and produce biogas. Food waste enters a sealed building where it is processed into a liquid porridge, and then pumped into the anaerobic digestion plant. Eighty-nine per cent said they recycled food waste every week and 79 per cent said that recycling was important to them.“Households gave us a lot of valuable feedback about the pilot and this will help us plan how we might roll out the service across the borough in the coming years.” The bin liners are separated during this process and sent to an energy from waste plant. Now, the Council is adding another 900 households to the pilot in Sydney Sussex, Yarborough, Humberston and Park wards.