Anaerobic digestion offers farmers food for thought

Jessica Shankleman
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Farmgen starts work on £30m anaerobic digestion project as Heathrow signs deal to turn food waste into fertiliser

The UK's emerging anaerobic digestion (AD) industry was thrust into the limelight this week after two major new projects that promise to demonstrate the viability of the waste-to-energy technology were...

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