Environment Secretary Michael Gove says anaerobic digestion should be “expanded”
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has praised the AD industry's role in recycling inedible food waste and said it should be "expanded".
ADBA’s Food Waste Operator Group to meet on 21 March
Following the launch this week of the consultation on Waste and Recycling: making recycling collections consistent in England ADBA's Food Waste Operator Group will be meeting on 21st March to discuss the consultation, what it means for plants and to debate key themes…
Reforming the packaging responsibility system and a plastics tax
As set out in the blog we published earlier today, Defra has today launched a consultation on consistency and separate food waste collections. You can learn about this here. Three other consultations are running to take forward the ambition of the Resources and…
Defra consults on England-wide roll-out of separate food waste collections
Following the publication of the Resources and Waste Strategy at the end of last year and after years of campaigning by the AD industry and others, Defra has today launched four consultations to take forward government proposals. The four consultations are…
ADBA attends Parliamentary roundtable on food waste collections
On Thursday morning, I represented ADBA at a roundtable in the House of Commons on taking forward plans for rolling out universal separate food waste collections following the publication of the government's Resources & Waste Strategy.
Pilot programmes wanted for the new Environmental Land Management scheme for agriculture
Following the referendum decision to leave the European Union opportunity to reform agriculture is well underway. As was signalled in the consultation that Defra ran last year on the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit, government is seeking to…
Resources & Waste Strategy update
An update on the latest outcomes from the Resources & Waste Strategy for ADBA members.
Anaerobic Digestion and Brexit
The Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement was heavily defeated by Parliament on 15th January. It is now extremely unclear what will happen next. Options range from amending the Withdrawal Agreement following further concessions from the EU, to a general election, or…
Clean Air Strategy to tackle ammonia through use of covers and low-emission spreading equipment
Defra has today publised its Clean Air Strategy following consultation last year. You can read the strategy here or by clicking the below image. The Strategy sets out the comprehensive actions required across all parts of government and society to improve air…
PRESS RELEASE: ADBA urges new Food Waste Champion: don’t forget about recycling
The UK’s food waste recycling industry has written to the government’s newly appointed Food Waste Champion urging him not to overlook the importance of recycling inedible food waste through anaerobic digestion (AD).