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ReFood launches industry-first food waste scholarship

ReFood, the UK’s leading food waste recycler, has announced the industry’s first dedicated scholarship programme to inspire the next generation of sustainable students. ‘Sustainable Visionaries’, will see undergraduates from across the UK compete to demonstrate why they believe minimising waste is key to achieving a circular economy. From agriculture to logistics, to manufacture, retail and … Continued

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Two of the UK’s leading waste processing facilities opened their doors to the public.

Europe’s leading food waste recycling specialist, SARIA, is throwing open the doors to two of its processing facilities for the first time. The ReFood Widnes gas-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and SecAnim animal by-product processing facility both welcomed guests on 11-12 November for its stakeholder open days. The ReFood Widnes AD facility opened in June … Continued

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ReFood launches new sustainable biofertiliser ReGrow

A nutrient-rich biofertiliser was launched today by ReFood, the UK’s leading food waste recycler. Known as ReGrow, the highly sustainable fertiliser works wonders for soil fertility and crop productivity and is as beneficial to farmers as it is to consumers. With high levels of key growth nutrients including nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous ReGrow can typically … Continued

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Local school children 'waste' no time in getting hands-on with new truck design.

School children from across Yorkshire will be getting creative this month, as they compete to design a fun new truck livery for food waste recycling specialist, ReFood. The Doncaster-based company has today launched its ‘ReDesign a ReFood Truck’ competition, which will see one lucky entrant’s artwork featured on the firm’s new dedicated waste disposal vehicle … Continued

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ReFood invests £700,000 in new vehicle fleet

ReFood, the Doncaster-based food waste recycler, has invested almost £700,000 in expanding its collection fleet and created 12 new jobs following growth in the number of businesses in the region diverting food waste from landfill. The company, which collects food waste from retailers, hotels, restaurants and local tourist attractions and turns it into renewable energy, … Continued

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ReFood takes the top spot as Yorkshire’s best environmental business

The ReFood team is celebrating after being crowned ‘Best Environmental Business’ at the 2014 Yorkshire’s Finest Environment Awards. Announced at a prestigious ceremony at The Queen’s Hotel in Leeds earlier this month, the evening saw ReFood outstrip organisations across the region to take home the impressive accolade. Commended for continued excellence and innovation in the … Continued

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ReFood opens first Gas-to-Grid AD plant in Widnes

Wednesday 18th June 2014 saw the official opening of the ReFood latest anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Widnes. The plant is the largest gas-to-grid AD plant and the second plant for the ReFood brand. The opening ceremony was attended by a variety of local and industry stakeholders, alongside Norbert Rethmann, honorary chairman of Rethmann Group, … Continued

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ReFood Doncaster expansion progresses

Progress on ReFood Doncaster’s anaerobic digestion plant is moving forward with construction well underway on the two new digesters. Building work start in April and will be completed later in the Autumn. The £6m investment in the state-of-the-art facility will more than double capacity to recycle 160,000 tonnes of food waste generated in the South Yorkshire … Continued

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PDM Group, the UK’s leading provider of recycling and process services to the food industry, is rebranding from March 1st.

The plans will see PDM Group change its name to SARIA, taking on the name of its majority shareholder, while its petfood brands of PDM, Chettles and Granox and category 3 rendering brands will now operate as SARVAL. Category 1 rendering businesses, which include Granox Ltd, J L Thomas, Clutton and Frome Vale, will … Continued

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ReFood wins planning approval for new AD plant and animal-by-processing depot at Dagenham, East London.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has given planning consent to ReFood UK for its next major anaerobic digestion plant for food waste. The £30m plant will be the company’s third site in the UK and is part of a major programme of investment in ReFood’s food waste recycling facilities, which also includes a … Continued