Food waste anaerobic digestion and its role in the circular economy webinar

Hosted by the CIWEM West Midlands branch

Event description

A lunchtime webinar looking at the role food waste biodigestion plays in the circular economy.

Currently in the UK, we throw away around 9.5 million tonnes of food every year. This puts pressure on the environment by creating excess need for food as well as managing the need to dispose of food waste without where possible diverting it to landfill sites.

Action can be taken to reduce food waste at production, supply and consumption stage and also by recycling the waste that is leftover. One person’s waste is another person’s treasure and in a circular economy approach, the unavoidable food waste is recycled through the system into something new, which gets further recycled/ reused in the future to create something else and the cycle goes on. This contributes to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 12, which is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Join the West Midlands Branch webinar on the 10^th June and hear more from Severn Trent and Marches Biogas about:

• The circular economy approach to managing food waste
• An introduction to the Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion process, how it works and what products it produces
• How the sector contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and
• What the future may hold

This talk is timely in relation to the climate and ecological emergency we face with regards to not only mitigating the impact of how we manage waste on climate change but also reducing the ecological impact of that waste on the environment.

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

This webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded. Please note that registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event. You will receive an email with joining instructions after you have successfully registered for the webinar and the registration has been approved by our team. If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

If you have any queries, please contact Stefan Fidlschuster at stefan.fidlschuster@stgreenpower.co.uk.