BioNova Recycling win major food waste award

An Okehampton business whose machines turn food waste into a valuable source of renewable energy have won a major industry award.

At the prestigious 2010 Food Processing Awards, BioNova were voted into first place by the magazine’s readers in the fiercely contested category of Energy Management, where it has proved its capability in transforming unwanted food waste into an energy-rich material for use in a biomass boiler – effectively giving its customers free on-site hot water and heating – as well as creating a diversion from landfill.

Receiving the Award at the Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire, BioNova’s Managing Director Clive Tayton said: “Fantastic. The Food Processing Awards are the finest accolade out there. We’ve made great progress over the past year with food manufacturers, caterers, and places such as Moto in Exeter investing in our BioDigester, which makes a massive reduction in food waste and provides an organic source of renewable energy”.

Organised by Food Processing the leading industry magazine for the largest processing sector in the UK, this years’ awards were being staged for the 27th time.

What Our Customers Say

The Hotel & Extreme Academey Watergate Bay

"We are thrilled with the machine and the fact that we are now diverting over 80 tonnes of food waste a year away from landfill, & saving on gas use in three businesses."

Nailcote Hall Golf & Country Club

"We used to put up with a stinking, wasp infested & expensive skip for our food waste. Now we process it cleanly on site producing a biofuel that helps to heat our leisure complex."

Awards & Accolades

2010 - BioNova won the annual Food Processing award for Energy Innovation for its innovative solution.

2010 - Finalist at the AFOR (Association for Organics Recycling) awards for innovation.

2011 - Finalist at the AFOR awards for the Nailcote Hall Hotel Project.

Nailcote Hall

RHI Opportunity 1

2,000 litre waste/50kw biomass

Typical annual RHI pays £11,110 - based on circa 2,000 litres waste & a co-fuelled 50kw biomass boiler.

RHI Opportunity 2

4,000 litre waste/100kw biomass

Typical annual RHI earns £17,600 - based on circa 4,000 litres waste & a co-fuelled 100kw biomass boiler.