UK 2009 Budget offers funding for anaerobic digestion
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has welcomed the measures in the 2009 Budget that encourage investment in low carbon jobs and anaerobic digestion, with the chancellor Alistair Darling announcing additional funding of €11 million (€12.2 million) of anaerobic digestion and waste infrastructure.
The Secretary of State for Environment Hilary Benn announced that the Government is committed to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and finding alternative sources of energy.
The €11 million for food waste reprocessing will play a vital role in providing alternative energy, diverting a further 300,000 tonnes of food waste from landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Benn adds.
The UK produces over 100 million tonnes of organic material every year that, through anaerobic digestion, could be used to create enough energy to heat and power over 2 million homes.
‘And it's not only the environment that will benefit. Increasing our anaerobic digestion capability will also stimulate a greener economy by creating skilled jobs in construction, collection and reprocessing of organic waste.’
In February, Defra announced that it wanted the UK to become a world leader in using anaerobic digestion.
The £10 million fund package announced in the budget is in addition to the €11million already earmarked in 2008 to build demonstration plants.
The Secretary of State for Environment Hilary Benn announced that the Government is committed to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and finding alternative sources of energy.
The €11 million for food waste reprocessing will play a vital role in providing alternative energy, diverting a further 300,000 tonnes of food waste from landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Benn adds.
The UK produces over 100 million tonnes of organic material every year that, through anaerobic digestion, could be used to create enough energy to heat and power over 2 million homes.
‘And it's not only the environment that will benefit. Increasing our anaerobic digestion capability will also stimulate a greener economy by creating skilled jobs in construction, collection and reprocessing of organic waste.’
In February, Defra announced that it wanted the UK to become a world leader in using anaerobic digestion.
The £10 million fund package announced in the budget is in addition to the €11million already earmarked in 2008 to build demonstration plants.
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