Dear BEST members,
Britain’s largest supermarket chains including Wal-Mart’s Asda
Unit, Tesco Plc, Waitrose, J Sainsbury Plc, and William Morrison
Supermarkets Plc are using food waste such as fish heads and leftover
sandwiches to lower landfill costs and energy bills. This interest in
recycling food waste is inspired in part by Britain’s new landfill tax
of $98 a ton, with increases of $12.40 each year. Approximately 2,500
homes are powered by Sainsbury’s unsold meals and vegetables, while
Waitrose sends all food waste to anaerobic digestion facilities and Asda
transports old lamb chops and moldy bread to bioenergy sites. It is
estimated that bioenergy from such sources can provide 8-11% of the
U.K’s energy demand by 2020, helping to reach its goal of getting 15%
of energy from clean sources by that year.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120606/BIZ/206060418/1361/Fish-heads-turned-into-electricity-cut-Wal-Mart-s-bills
Louise Downing
Fish heads turned into electricity cut Wal-Mart's bills
The Detroit News
June 6th, 2012
Sincerely,
Candice Prince
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