Chocolate ice cream to deliver Yorkshire home heating boost

Michael Holder
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New anaerobic digestion project will see Veolia use R&R Ice Cream's waste by-products to produce biomethane

Ice cream may not just help North Yorkshire residents to cool off this summer, but it could also play a part in producing renewable heat for their homes in the winter. As part of a new project unveiled...

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