4R Recycling, part of 4R Group Ltd, has collected the first loads of digestate from the newly operational Biffa Poplars AD facility near Cannock and delivered the organic material to nearby farms where it is to be used as a fertiliser replacement to improve ground quality for growing essential crops.
4R has collected over 450 tonnes of digestate in just three weeks from the plant and, via the 4R transportation fleet, taken the digestate to two local farms located within a 10 mile radius of the Biffa facility. The AD digestate cake will be spread and incorporated onto bare ground which will then be seeded to grow wheat, barley or maize.
These loads mark the start of the three year contract that 4R Group was awarded earlier in the year by Biffa Waste Services to manage and recycle all the digestate from their new state-of-the-art facility.
Colin Rudd, Technical Director for 4R Group, says, "It is great to get started on this important contract which puts a newly created organic by-product into productive use. At 4R, we continually strive to develop new recycling outlets for organic materials and it is satisfying to see our efforts come to fruition in this way."
