Food waste generates energy when businesses choose Spectrum Recycling

Around 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted each year with much of it ending up in landfill and contributing to climate change. This is why Spectrum recycling offer London businesses a food waste collection and recycling service.

Food waste has an inert energy which when processed correctly can be harnessed through anaerobic digestion to generate energy. Anaerobic digestion is a process through which bacteria break down organic matter—such as animal manure, wastewater biosolids, and food wastes—in the absence of oxygen.

Biogas is produced throughout the anaerobic digestion process. Biogas is a renewable energy source that can be used in a variety of ways. Communities and businesses across the country use biogas to: Power engines, produce mechanical power, heat and/or electricity (including combined heat and power systems)

When food waste is sent to landfill it produces a large amount of methane. As food rots and degrades, it emits these harmful gases which are 25 times more harmful than carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat in the atmosphere.

It is far better for the environment to recycle food waste and use it to produce green energy, so businesses who produce a lot of food waste should consider a separate food waste collection with Spectrum.

Having a separate food waste collection not only reduces greenhouse gases and produces green energy, but often reduces the cost of heavy general waste bins, which become lighter as food waste is removed from them, saving businesses money on their commercial waste management.

At Spectrum Recycling we take food waste directly to the anaerobic digestion plant rather than via a waste transfer station, reducing the carbon impact of double handling the waste.

For a food waste recycling quote please don’t hesitate to contact us