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Aberdeenshire treatment plant grows to accept landfill leachate waste
Leachate waste from landfill sites can now be handled at Fraserburgh’s Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Following investment by Scottish Water Horizons, the public utility’s commercial subsidiary, and site management company Grampian Water Services, landfill operators in the Northeast of Scotland can now…
16 November 2022 -
Blog: Let’s Talk About Food Waste | David Weber
Just 1kg of food waste produces carbon emissions equivalent to landfilling 25,000 plastic bottles That’s astonishing when you think about the impact on climate change. And it’s a problem that’s not likely to go anywhere soon. Around one-third of food produced across the world is discarded and ruined. An equally…
28 September 2022 -
People Spotlight: David Weber
Meet David Weber! David is one of our longest serving members and plays a key role in managing our food waste recycling and liquid waste treatment businesses. Hi David, tell us a bit about your career journey so far In the hazy distant days before Scottish Water was formed, water…
17 August 2022 -
People Spotlight: Adrian Hughes
For our next Spotlight, we sat down with Adrian Hughes, Project Manager in our waste team. Adrian is a key member of our crew who manages customer relationships. Tell us about your career journey so far I graduated uni in the mid 90’s with a degree in biological sciences and…
07 June 2022 -
Council commits to reduce carbon ‘food-print’
A Scots council has renewed a two-year contract to send its food waste to Scotland’s first large-scale recycling facility to be used to generate renewable energy. East Dunbartonshire Council has committed to continue sending waste to Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre near Cumbernauld where it undergoes anaerobic digestion –…
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Innovative Partnership Offers Route to a Greener Dram
An innovative new project is ‘distilling’ residues from Scotland’s famous whisky industry into sustainable, green energy. The successful trial involving Scottish Water, SEPA and major distiller Chivas Brothers saw distillery residue brought into Aberdeen’s Nigg Waste Water Treatment Works for the first time, with promising results. ‘Cheers’ to co-digestion A…
07 April 2022
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