Councils could save millions of pounds a year by encouraging householders to compost food waste at home, rather than splashing out on major centralised treatment plants. This is the conclusion of one ...

Around half of householders given food digesters for the treatment of food waste in the home do not use them, researchers in Brighton have found. The largest study yet to be carried out on the use of ...

The primary aim of the project is to appreciate the environmental benefits that food waste digesters offer as an alternative to sending waste for disposal in landfill. THE primary aim of the project ...

Northumberland is set to benefit from a new, high-tech food digester that will provide renewable energy from the county's food waste. The county council's strategic planning committee approved plans ...

A new easier way of disposing of household waste is being offered to Warwickshire residents. A new “food waste digester” in the shape of a green cone breaks down waste and reduces it in size to ...

A new state-of-the-art anaerobic digester will turn London food waste into enough gas to power thousands of homes. Mike Farish reports. People who have a conscience about letting uneaten food go to ...

If the Government maintains its current food waste policy, it will fail to meet its own objectives by ignoring the first tier of the waste hierarchy – reduction – in favour of recycling and recovery.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a 'smelly' food waste facility dubbed 'the gas plant' have been delayed again as frustrated residents brand the situation 'chaos'. Neighbours have objected to the proposed ...

GreenComm Environmental believes its machine, which can process more than a ton of waste a day, can help to reduce the need for costly landfill sites About 3 million tonnes of waste is likely to be ...

A food waste digester is in the police firing line because it could contaminate forensic evidence in murder and rape cases and disrupt firearms training, according to a report. The proposed anaerobic ...

As gas prices hit record highs, one renewable alternative to fossil fuel gas comes from food waste, farm sludge and sewage. At a large industrial facility not far south-west of Ireland's capital ...