Mondelēz International announced the two winners of its first SnackFutures ‘Future of Snacking’ pitch competition at the Seeds & Chips annual Global Innovation Summit held in Milan, Italy, from May 6-9 2018.
A ₤12m anaerobic digestion plant that will convert food waste into energy is due to be completed in autumn 2011, said the UK company behind the scheme.
“Absolutely essential,” is how Shaun Flynn, business development manager for the Selby Renewable Energy Park, describes government funding of £1.7m to the project.
Mars Snack Foods initiated a project this week that enables it to tap emissions from the city landfill to power two furnaces that create steam for the plant's operations in Waco, Texas.
Food processors can reduce costs and benefit the environment by
using their waste to fuel biogas production, according to
Ontario-based StormFisher Biogas.
Brewers and dairy processors are failing to capitalise on the
potential long-term cost and energy benefits of using biogas,
according to a major supplier of the technology.
