Horsham recycling plant turns thousands of tonnes of food waste into green energy

West Sussex County Council is boosting recycling across the county with a major upgrade to its Horsham waste site.
In April this year we expanded the Anaerobic Digestion facilities at the site so we can recycle thousands of tonnes of food waste into clean energy and fertiliser each year.
This modern, sustainable way of managing waste and reducing its impact on the environment is already delivering results. Since April 2,670 tonnes of food waste, roughly the equivalent of around 200 double-decker buses, have been converted into renewable energy.
The Anaerobic Digestion and Resource Recovery Facility (ADRRF), run by Biffa as part of the West Sussex Waste Partnership (WSWP), ensures that food waste collected from homes across West Sussex is recycled locally using a process called anaerobic digestion. This creates renewable energy to help power the plant with excess exported to the National Grid, as well as nutrient-rich fertiliser for use on farmland.
The ADRRF facility has the capacity to process the 35,000 tonnes of food waste expected to be collected from households across the county each year, helping West Sussex to meet new national recycling requirements.

Find out how your food bin waste is being transformed into energy and fertiliser:
https://www.youtube.com/@WSRecycles