Over
the past couple of years, NNFCC has undertaken several projects looking at biomass
feedstock availability in the UK, with a particular focus on industrial food processing
residues and wastes in many cases. Interest in that specific feedstock stream
has been revived by existing (and mounting) competition for household and
commercial food waste. As such, many bioeconomy stakeholders are looking to
diversify and tap into new streams, with industrial wastes now being put under
the spotlight, especially within the bioenergy sector.
The
value of industrial food processing residues and wastes lies in the purity of each
individual waste stream. Being produced from the manufacturing or processing of
a specific food or drink, the residues and wastes are less likely to contain contaminants
and will not contain any packaging (an issue faced with the processing of
household and commercial food waste). As a result, the composition of each
waste stream is known to a good degree of accuracy and is typically consistent
in both quality and output volume, making subsequent processes more likely to
be efficient and successful.
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