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Brewery Waste Helps Power Brewery

ecoworldly.com — SAB Miller, South African grown, second largest brewer in the world has introduced anaerobic digestion to treat the waste leaving its Alrode Brewery in Gauteng, South Africa. Anaerobic fermentation of organic material produces methane, which is used to reduce the consumption of fossil fuel based energy.

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  • allnuts, on 11/07/2009, -0/+7This is good news but RecycleBill has one concern: Why isn't the beer sludge used as organic fertilizer instead of being sent to the local waste treatment plant?

    Oh well, can't win 'em all...
  • DigablePlanet, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Beer...What can't it do?

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