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anaerobic digestion

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noun

  1. the conversion of biodegradable waste matter into compost in the absence of oxygen

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  • anaerobic digester noun

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Food waste is instead taken through a process called anaerobic digestion to create biomethane.

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In addition to being cleaner for the environment, he said it could be "cheaper to get rid of that waste through an anaerobic digestion plant" than other methods.

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Tougher controls over the spreading of sewage and septic tank sludge to land as fertiliser in farming are also proposed, as are limits on using digestate from anaerobic digestion plants.

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Already the West Country is a "hotbed for anaerobic digestion and biogas", according to Matt Hindle, head of Net Zero at Wales and West.

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This included alternative uses for the site such as hydrothermal plastics recycling and anaerobic digestion.

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