Connecticut Launches Food Waste Collection Pilot
(Bioenergy Insight) A new food waste collection pilot programme has been launched in Connecticut to generate biogas and help address the state’s waste disposal problems.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the City of Meriden announced the launch of ‘Making Meriden Green’, a first-of-its-kind municipal food scrap pilot that will help address the state-wide waste disposal crisis.
The pilot, funded through a $40,000 (€35,300) DEEP grant, will enrol 1,000 Meriden households in a free four-month programme to test an innovative way of separating valuable organic waste from other household waste. Residents will be given special colour-coded bags to dispose of food scraps and other organic waste.
Once collected from households, the waste will be transported to Quantum Biopower in Southington and transformed into biogas through anaerobic digestion. READ MORE