Food scraps: The man turning our waste into natural gas

Written By Zoe McKewen

Auckland Council just announced kerbside food waste collections from 2021, taking up to 100,000 tonnes of scraps out of landfill. But where’s that rotting waste mountain going to go? Newsroom’s Business editor Nikki Mandow tracked down the guy with the plan and asked him. Spoiler alert: It’s not compost, and it’s quite cool. Or hot. Warmish maybe.

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