11/05/2011
From the lorry-load of rotten food to the turbines powered by methane - Farming Today tours an Anaerobic Digestion plant which turns 65 tonnes of organic waste into electricity.
From the lorry-load of rotten food to the turbines powered by methane - Farming Today tours an Anaerobic digestion plant which turns 65 tonnes of organic waste into electricity every year. Then, did you know the plastic milk bottle in your fridge is made from around 10% recycled material? The dairy industry explains how it hopes to use 50% recycled bottles by 2020. Every year the UK gets through 120 thousand tonnes of plastic milk bottles. Recycling experts say the change could save up to 60 tonnes of carbon emissions. Also in the programme the harvest of dulse, a seaweed eaten in Northern Ireland as a snack. Presenter; Anna HIll. Producer; Angela Frain.
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