\n The borough\u2019s food waste recycling scheme, which launched on June 2, has collected more than 530 tonnes of scraps in its first 12 weeks.\n<\/p>\n
\n A new video released by Darlington Borough Council shows what happens to the waste once it leaves residents\u2019 doorsteps.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n The food waste is taken to Bio Capital\u2019s Warrens Emerald facility in Newton Aycliffe, where it is weighed, inspected and sorted before being processed through anaerobic digestion.\n<\/p>\n
\n The process breaks down food waste in an oxygen-free environment, producing a low-carbon biogas that is converted into renewable energy and fed into the national grid.\n<\/p>\n
\n It also generates compressed natural gas, which can be used as a low-carbon fuel for vehicles.\n<\/p>\n
\n The remaining material is turned into a nutrient-rich organic fertiliser used on local farmland as an alternative to chemical fertilisers.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Darlington Borough Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Darlington Borough Council\u2019s cabinet member for local services, Councillor Libby McCollom, thanked residents for supporting the scheme.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cI want to thank everyone who has been recycling their food waste and urge those who haven\u2019t yet started to get involved.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how little food waste you produce; just six recycled teabags can generate enough energy to boil the kettle for your next cuppa.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The council\u2019s video is available on its website and YouTube channel and explains how collected food waste is recycled into energy and fertiliser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The borough\u2019s food waste recycling scheme, which launched on June 2, has collected more than 530 tonnes of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-753363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}