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Millerhill food waste treatment plant

A state-of-the-art food waste recycling plant built on derelict land at Millerhill, part on the site of Monktonhall Colliery, abandoned in 1997, and part of Millerhill marshalling yards. The land is jointly owned by Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils, and the plant can receive around 30,000 t per annum of discarded food which will be processed by anaerobic digestion, which will produce methane. It also has a mechanical biological treatment facility to treat up to 200,000 t per annum of mixed black bag residual waste and an energy-from-waste facility to generate electricity from up to 100,000 t per annum. Some of the output will be recycled back to agricultural land as a soil conditioner and fertiliser high in valuable nutrients, particularly nitrogen, leaving no waste. The project is run by Alauna Renewable Energy [ARE], a joint venture between Kelda Water Services and Scottish Water Horizons, LinkExternal link . ARE will be working with the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils to design, build, finance and operate the facility as part of the Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian Project.

by M J Richardson

Created: Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Updated: Fri, 15 Jan 2016


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