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Food waste processing is 'worth the extra effort'
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Bosses said the facility usually processed about 1,100 tonnes of food every week Lofts said recycling food was better for the environment than just throwing it in the bin with other waste to be taken to an incinerator. Chris Lofts says the digester could produce enough electricity to power 8,500 homes Understanding the benefits of recycling food waste could encourage more people to do it in future, Cornwall Council has said.
The council said its analysis of Cornwall's household waste found food accounted for 22% of black bag rubbish - and 43% of that was still in the packaging. The council said about 36,000 tonnes of food waste had been recycled to date since the introduction of its new waste service.
He said the site could process about 1,100 tonnes of food waste a week - creating enough electricity to power 8,500 homes. Rich said he hoped that figure would decrease if people understood the benefits of recycling food waste.
Loic Rich said he hoped to increase Cornwall's overall recycling rate to 65% by 2029 Councillor Loic Rich, portfolio holder for environment and climate change on Cornwall Council, said it was great to see residents engaging with recycling food.
It said it hoped increased participation through understanding the benefits would help meet its target to recycle nearly two-thirds of Cornwall's waste by 2029. He said they tried to make sure nothing went to waste: "We use the heat as well to pasteurise the material on site for ancillary services that we do here.
Chris Lofts, the site manager, said the waste was first filtered before having water added and being fed into a digester to create methane. He said: "The incinerators use the waste as a fuel - they burn it and heat up steam generators from that.
He said: "We're living on a planet that we've damaged with pollution and it's time now to take a bit more responsibility.
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- Chris Lofts says the digester could produce enough electricity to power 8,500 homes Understanding the benefits of recycling food waste could encourage more people to do it in future, Cornwall Council has said.
- The council said about 36,000 tonnes of food waste had been recycled to date since the introduction of its new waste service.
- It said it hoped increased participation through understanding the benefits would help meet its target to recycle nearly two-thirds of Cornwall's waste by 2029.
- Chris Lofts, the site manager, said the waste was first filtered before having water added and being fed into a digester to create methane.
- He said they tried to make sure nothing went to waste: "We use the heat as well to pasteurise the material on site for ancillary services that we do here.
- Bosses said the facility usually processed about 1,100 tonnes of food every week Lofts said recycling food was better for the environment than just throwing it in the bin with other waste to be taken to an incinerator.
- He said: "The incinerators use the waste as a fuel - they burn it and heat up steam generators from that.
- He said the site could process about 1,100 tonnes of food waste a week - creating enough electricity to power 8,500 homes.
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