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 ...

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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 ...

For some, what happens to the contents of your household ‘food bin’ that many councils collect for recycling waste is perhaps even more mysterious than what happens to the plastic in our recycling ...