New Earth Solutions, a Dorset, UK based organic waste treatment and renewable energy specialist, has been awarded planning permission for a biogas facility that will treat food waste with Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology at its Willow Farm site in Avonmouth, Bristol.

The company said that the planned 50,000 tonnes per annum plant will treat food waste that has been separately collected from households and businesses. New Earth already held an existing planning permission at Willow Farm for the treatment of green and food waste using in-vessel composting. However, the organic...