Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 19092

Anaerobic Digestion

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Josh Newbury

LabourCannock Chase

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of anaerobic digestion facilities, in the context of the planned introduction of mandatory food waste collection

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government’s preference is for unavoidable food waste to be collected for treatment by anaerobic digestion (AD): producing bio-gas and digestate. Defra has been working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Waste and Res...

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