MEIKO GREEN Waste Solution and Rheintalgas e.V. are energy pioneers. They are developing a profitable small-scale biogas plant for food-service businesses. These plants will exclusively process food waste, turning it into clean energy and natural fertiliser. Their aim: to noticeably reduce environmental impact, cut energy costs and save money. So how will these visionaries achieve their goal? By using valuable kitchen waste and leftovers in the following three categories:
- Preparation waste like peel, leaves, etc. – this is generated during food preparation
- Surplus should not be made, as far as can be avoided, but a certain amount always will be
- Leftovers remaining on diners' plates
In future, the kitchen waste and food leftovers in this area will be collected in a tank storage system and transformed into district heating and natural fertiliser inside a small-scale biogas plant. This kind of container biogas plant can process up to 1,000 kg of liquid waste per day. That sounds like a lot. It is. But the first priority it always to avoid waste at the food preparation stage. Plus, let's not forget that this quantity is not coming from just one business, but several.
