La gestione del rifiuto organico urbano attraverso l’utilizzo di microdigestori anaerobici: il caso studio di Camley Street Park, Londra, UK

The urban waste management is a crucial issue because of the increase of urban population in the next years; for this reason new solutions for the waste management and the reduction of the carbon footprint need to be investigated. The paper presents the case study of a micro-scale anaerobic digester located in the urban environment of Camley Street Park in London, UK. The plant, built in 2013, processes urban food waste – household and catering waste – generating biogas used for the local community café. Through the involvement of local district population to provide food waste under fee charge, the plant produces biogas with an average amount of 60,6%. The results achieved by the Camley Street park’s plant underline the sustainability of micro-scale anaerobic digesters within urban environment in reducing the emissions of CO2eq from the utilization of biogas – renewable energy source that replaces current fossil fuel utilization – and from food waste diversion from landfill disposal.

Il caso studio del micro-digestore anaerobico di Camley Street Park, Londra (UK) converte gli scarti del cibo del quartiere in biogas, dimostrando il potenziale energetico del rifiuto organico e riducendo l’impatto ecologico della gestione dei rifiuti.