What happens to your food waste?

Once your food waste is collected it is transformed into energy to power our communities and into fertiliser for local farms and open spaces. Find out how that works.

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What happens to your food waste?

In Staffordshire, food waste is collected separately by specialised vehicles and sent to an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, where it is broken down to produce bio-gas.

The bio-gas can be used to generate renewable heat and electricity to power our communities.

A nutrient-rich bio-fertiliser is also produced which can be used in parks, open spaces and farms, to improve soil and help grow more food.

By recycling your food waste, you are helping to grow the next harvest right here in our county.

One banana skin can generate enough energy to fully charge your smartphone twice. Imagine what a whole caddy could do!