Ecogas processing of food waste to produce energy and bio-fertiliser at Reporoa
8 July 2019
Position statement : Ecogas processing of food waste to produce energy and bio-fertiliser at Reporoa is a model for all communities
The announcement that Ecogas will collect central North Island food wastes and process them at Reporoa into energy and bio-fertiliser will provide an example that all communities across New Zealand could follow said the Bioenergy Association. Brian Cox, Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association said that “The Ecogas processing of food waste uses proven technologies and is widely done in most other countries. New Zealand has been slow to adopt circular economy principles where food wastes are processed to make other products rather than discharge to landfill. There is no reason why all communities across New Zealand could not have zero organic waste going to landfill by 2030.”