“Food waste is often overlooked as a resource. Through our collaboration with Urban Utilities we have found a cleaner, greener way to repurpose organic food waste by turning it into renewable energy.”
“Our work with Urban Utilities furthers our EfW efforts while helping us promote sustainability across South East Queensland.”
“Food waste is often overlooked as a resource. Through our collaboration with Urban Utilities we have found a cleaner, greener way to repurpose organic food waste by turning it into renewable energy.”
“Our work with Urban Utilities furthers our EfW efforts while helping us promote sustainability across South East Queensland.”
Cleanaway and Urban Utilities entered into an Energy-from-Waste (Efw) partnership which sees the two companies converting organic food waste into clean energy well into 2027.
The partnership started as a trial in 2020 when Cleanaway assisted Urban Utilities in pre-treating its fat, oil and grease (FOG) waste so that it would be suitable to be fed into the utility company’s anaerobic digesters.
Anaerobic digestion is a process that can break down liquid food waste, creating biogas, which is then fed into an on-site cogeneration unit to create clean electricity. This is similar to the Energy-from-Waste (EfW) process that would take place at a landfill.
During the trial, Cleanaway’s Queensland LTS team collected FOG waste and liquid food waste from approximately 6,000 restaurants and supermarkets across South East Queensland and delivered it to Urban Utilities’ Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre. The 12-month trial proved the feasibility of turning nutrient-rich FOG waste into renewable electricity to help power the Luggage Point facility.
At full scale, the partnership aims to treat 32 million litres of FOG and food waste each year.
Pictured: Cleanaway collects and pre-treats food waste to make it suitable for conversion into clean energy at Urban Utilities’ Luggage Point facility.Â
Steven Trajceski, Branch Manager at Cleanaway said, “Food waste is often overlooked as a resource. Through our collaboration with Urban Utilities we have found a cleaner, greener way to repurpose organic food waste by turning it into renewable energy.”
“Our work with Urban Utilities furthers our EfW efforts while helping us promote sustainability across South East Queensland.”
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