3.2MW AD Plant Secures ISO14001 and ISO9001 : ISO Accreditations for Andigestion’s Food Waste to Biogas AD Plant in Devon

South West England based food waste recycling firm, Andigestion, has achieved double accreditation for both its quality ISO9001 and environmental management ISO14001 systems at its anaerobic digestion plant in Holsworthy.

The company explained that the Quality Management Standard ISO9001 requires businesses to be customer focused, have strong management and an ethos of continual improvement.

As an ISO 9001 certified organisation, Andigestion said that it has implemented Quality Management System requirements for all areas of the business, including facilities, people, training, services and equipment.

The Environmental Management ISO14001 requires businesses to actively measure and work towards minimising the impact they have on the environment.

According to the firm it is the principal management system standard which specifies the requirements for the formulation and maintenance of an Energy Management System. Andigestion said that this helps to control its environmental aspects, reduce impacts and ensure legal compliance.

The site processes a variety of commercial organic waste from the Cornish pasties through to process effluent from a chewing gum manufacture. In total it handles some 70,000 tonnes a year of food waste and generates around 3.2 MW of electricity.

The accreditation of the Holsworthy plant comes three months after the firm officially opened its food waste processing plant in Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire.

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