One of the makers of Marks & Spencers ready meals is to use its own food waste to power its factory in Newport, South Wales.
RF Brookes, part of Premier Foods plc, has
been awarded £500,000 by the Welsh Assembly government towards its own £5 million anaerobic digestion plant at its Rogerstone site.
The facility is expected to be in operation by the end of next year, turning the company’s waste material into biogas, which would be used to generate heat and electricity.
It is expected to produce about 10% of the factory’s power, reducing carbon emissions by about 8,500 tonnes a year.
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Fredrick Munthali // May 6, 2009 at 4:08 AM |
A lot of such incentives should be encouraged. This is the way forward if we are to combat global warming and reduce environmental degradation