In a statement this morning (16 December), ADBA’s chief executive congratulated Boris Johnson and said the AD industry could play a significant role in the development of a low carbon circular economy.
Ms Morton emphasised her pre-election call for the new Government to “unlock the AD industry’s potential” to address the climate emergency and help achieve the UK’s Net Zero emissions by 2050 target.
“The global demand of action to address the climate emergency is stronger than ever and the new government must ensure that the UK’s ambition to achieve Net Zero targets by 2050 remains at the top of the policy agenda,” she explained.
Ms Morton added: “The AD industry has been recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UK Committee on Climate Change as a significant solution to decarbonising the economy, especially in hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as, agriculture, transport and heating. I don’t believe that the UK can achieve its Net Zero targets without it.”
As highlighted below, ADBA penned a letter to the prime minister, Boris Johnson, outlining its demands, highlighting four areas needing support if the AD industry is to “deliver its contribution”.
AD treats organic wastes such as food waste, sewage and manure – which ADBA says would otherwise be emitting harmful gases on landfills or in incinerators – and recycles them into gas for electricity, transport and heat, as well as bio-fertilisers to replenish soils.
The body states that the AD and biogas sector is already cutting UK emissions by 1% annually and has the potential to deliver a further 5% by 2030. It can also create “tens of thousands of new jobs over the next decade and opens up exporting opportunities for the country”.
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