Aqua Enviro and Eunomia, on behalf of the Environment Agency, are undertaking a project examining the range of wastes produced during biodiesel manufacture, and their suitability for ‘bio-treatment’ (including anaerobic digestion, composting, aerobic digestion and MBT). At present the only…
We have received a request from the Waste Shipments team at the Environment Agency (EA) to circulate an update on the export of glycerol arising from the production of biodiesel, specifically in relation to the responsibility of exporters to comply…
The University of Manchester, and ADBA members the Centre for Process Innovation, will be working on an exciting new project to produce a valuable bioresource, succinic acid, from glycerol, a by-product of the biodiesel manufacturing process. Succinic acid (HOOC-(CH2)2-COOH) is…
Recently Ofgem have been looking into the use of glycerol in anaerobic digestion as a feedstock under the Feed-in Tariff scheme. This follows pressure from several ADBA members, which we supported in a meeting with Ofgem last year. A letter…
