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To the moon and back (12 times) with food waste
Scotland’s first-ever large-scale food waste recycling facility is celebrating a milestone green energy achievement. Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre near Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire has generated 50 GWh of green electricity – the equivalent of powering 13,500 homes for a year – since it opened in 2010. The facility…
01 February 2022 -
Keep COP26 in mind in the kitchen this Christmas
Scottish Water is urging customers to build on the momentum gained at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow and play a part in cutting carbon emissions from food waste this Christmas. Around 67 million meals go to waste in Scotland every December with 84 per cent of Scottish households…
16 December 2021 -
10 years of recycling food waste into green energy
Scotland’s first ever large-scale food waste recycling facility celebrates a huge milestone this Climate Week marking ten years since it was first commissioned. In a decade, Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre near Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire has processed over one hundred and fifty-five thousand (155,000) tonnes of food waste.…
17 September 2020 -
Blog: Fight festive food waste – David Cunningham
Christmas is almost upon us – parties are in full swing, shops are bursting with people on the hunt for last minute gifts and lights are twinkling in towns across Scotland. One of my favourite parts of Christmas is the chance to catch up with friends and family over hearty…
23 December 2019 -
Blog: Tackling food waste to combat climate change – Jamie Dolan
Jamie Dolan, our Operational Support Team Manager, explains how food waste recycling could help combat climate change
08 October 2019 -
Funding on the Horizon for Cumbernauld Community Event
Scottish Water Horizons has gifted £1,000 to Cumbernauld Community Forum for their forthcoming Gala Day
29 April 2019
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