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it back to their waste transfer station, where we will then go and collect the material from them in bulk, then take it back to one of our processing facilities. Alternatively, if our facility is on their route, the local authority can deliver their waste lorries directly to us as they pass.
“ We’ re advocates for the anaerobic digestion industry; it’ s still very much a‘ cottage’ sector in the sense that we’ re all a bunch of SMEs in a growth market, so it’ s hugely important that the industry works together for mutual benefit. As such, we have an industry body – the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association( ADBA)- that does a good job in creating an environment where collaboration on things like innovation techniques can happen.”
As Lee elucidates, sustainability is very much a collaborative effort, particularly within the anaerobic digestion market. Consequently, BioteCH 4 takes great care in nurturing relationships with its supplier network and local communities, placing an emphasis on educating others about the impact they can have with food waste alone.
“ Across the business, we interact with lots of different entities. We have very longstanding relationships with our feedstock suppliers. In addition, we currently manage around one-third of the UK’ s manufacturing food waste, so we have lots of relationships within the manufacturing industry; in terms of pretty much anything on a supermarket shelf that’ s edible – either for humans or animals – we’ ve been managing the production waste,”
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