He built a new bioelectric plant

Garbage disposal group Shanks said it will build a power plant using food waste materials. It is expected that this power plant could supply power to 3,000 households.

Shanks Group has won a £ 8 million package to build a factory and install equipment to handle garbage from kitchens, supermarkets and food processing plants at Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

This bio-power plant can handle 60,000 tons of organic waste each year and thus produce 3 megawatt hours of reused electricity while also producing a large amount of high quality fertilizer. for agriculture.

The power plant is known as an active methane tank based on anaerobic process. Anaerobic process is the process by which microorganisms affect materials from plants and animals stored in sealed containers and turn these materials into useful products. When microorganisms decompose organic waste, methane gas is produced to produce heat and energy.

This is the first bioelectric plant of the British Shank Group, which has built similar plants in the Netherlands and Canada.

The executive director of the Group, Tom Drury, said: "This plant will provide organic waste products at reasonable prices and long-term replacements for other agricultural fertilizer products."

This project is part of the Scottish Government's action program to reduce the amount of waste that is growing. It also helps local agencies to increase the rate of waste reuse.