FW: Sainsbury's becomes the UK's largest AD-using retailer
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Energy Live News -Posted on 18 November 2011 by Tom Gibson
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Supermarket giant Sainsbury's became the UK's largest anaerobic digestion
retailer at the end of last month after it signed a three-year deal with
waste management specialists Biffa.
The new deal sees all waste from Sainsbury's distribution centres being
processed into renewable energy. Neil Sachdev, Sainsbury's property director
said: "Anaerobic digestion is the most efficient way to create energy from
waste, so this new contract means our food waste is being put to the best
possible use."
John Casey, director of engineering and quality at Biffa said: "Anaerobic
digestion is a key means of dealing with food waste - it is taking food that
could once only be sent to landfill and turning it into something of value."
According to Defra the UK throws away around 15 million tonnes of food waste
every year and much rots in landfill, producing greenhouse gases.
Some of the supermarket's waste will be sent to Biffa's AD plant in
Staffordshire, which is the biggest in the UK, processing up to 120,000
tonnes of food waste from homes and businesses every year. At full capacity,
it is expected to produce renewable energy to power up to 10,000 homes.
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