Food

Where is it taken?

Food Waste is taken to Severn Trent Green Power’s Anaerobic Digestion plant in Gloucestershire where it is treated.

What happens to it?

At the plant any caddy liners will be removed. The food waste is mixed and pulped to create a thick liquid which is then pasteurised to kill any harmful bacteria. As the food waste breaks down it produces biogas (mixture of methane and carbon dioxide) which is extracted and fed back to the grid.

Find out more about the anaerobic digestion process here. 

End Market

Once this gas has been removed a liquid food fertiliser known as digestate remains – for local farmland. Agriculture sector.

End Products 

Digestate is high in valuable nutrients (nitrogen/phosphorus) for healthy plant growth and fertile soil and renewable biogas.