Green Building Forum - Energy from waste food Mon, 18 May 2026 04:24:57 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203101#Comment_203101 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203101#Comment_203101 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:33:13 +0100 tony
I disagree -- we shouldn't be wasting it in the first place!]]> Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203102#Comment_203102 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203102#Comment_203102 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:53:20 +0100 owlman Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203133#Comment_203133 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203133#Comment_203133 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:21:48 +0100 Seret Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203134#Comment_203134 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203134#Comment_203134 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:32:28 +0100 tony Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203135#Comment_203135 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203135#Comment_203135 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:01:38 +0100 Seret
At least it's not going into landfill and breaking down anaerobically.]]> Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203136#Comment_203136 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203136#Comment_203136 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:06:34 +0100 SteamyTea I do see a problem with using household food waste as we should not be producing much, but that is a problem that has been created with the 'slow food' and 'organic' movements. Preprocessed food has little waste throughout the whole production process. Try making a chicken dish at home and see how much waste you can get.

I think the money would be better spent turning sewage works into energy generation plants, then food waste can be flushed down the drain, either though a 'biological' process or though a mechanical processes. Would also save it being washed up on our beaches.]]> Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203141#Comment_203141 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203141#Comment_203141 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:29:57 +0100 bella Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203153#Comment_203153 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203153#Comment_203153 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:23:31 +0100 CWatters
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2646997/Supermarkets-send-tonnes-food-biogas-feeding-hungry-green-energy-subsidies.html

Supermarkets only give 2% of unwanted food to hungry families and send the rest to be turned into biofuel because it is cheaper


Is it just "cheaper" or can supermarkets actually sell the food to the biofuel producers? It appears to be a case of subsidies for biofuel being used to buy waste food from supermarkets meaning charities don't get a look in.]]> Energy from waste food https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203219#Comment_203219 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12166&Focus=203219#Comment_203219 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:02:09 +0100 borpin
Charities can cause self perpetuating problems. If you create a situation whereby someone can feed themselves from donated food, there is a risk, that they become reliant on that and do not have any incentive to manage their resources better so they do not need that 'charity'. If supermarkets simply gave away all their unsold food, would their sales actually drop? It is a risk. I fully believe that there are people who need help - and should get it. Equally there are many that really need to give up Sky and expensive mobile phones and spend the money on the basics instead.

So supermarkets should help proportionately but I do not think they should be demonised for not simply giving it all away.

I think we should have far more AD type plants and the sewage treatment plants as well. The usual trouble getting them built is NIMBYs.]]>