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Eco Sustainable Solutions will open a second food waste processing site in West Parley next month, enabling the processing of an additional 70,000 tonnes of food waste per year. This £16m facility will complement the existing anaerobic digestion plant in Piddlehinton, which handles 80-100 tonnes daily.

The expansion addresses rising demand from councils, driven by a government deadline for kerbside food-waste collections by March. The new plant will convert food waste into biomethane for the gas network, while the Piddlehinton site generates electricity for 4,000 homes annually. The digestate produced is utilized as soil fertilizer, and separated plastics are sent to landfill.