Digestion partnership

ReFood, a joint venture between UK food-waste recycler PDM Group and Saria Bio-Industries, is set to bring a slew of anaerobic digestion plants to the UK.

Currently, there are four ReFood plants operating in Germany, fed by a network of fourteen logistics centres that collect waste from 60,000 points across the country.

Once fully operational, the ReFood UK network will work in a similar manner to its German counterpart, with collection points located across the country supported by a network of anaerobic digestion plants.

Anaerobic digestion refers to the process of biologically breaking down organic material in the absence of oxygen.

During the process, large amounts of methane are generated, captured and used as a biogas rather than being lost to the atmosphere.

The biogas generated by ReFood’s plants will be used as a fuel for combined heat and power engines to generate heat for the processing site and for the generation of electricity.