She insisted more attention is needed on heat policy.
Speaking at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s (ADBA’s) national conference in Westminster, Flint suggested four key policy proposals:
1. Helping local communities to see waste as an opportunity
2. Making long-term investment decisions
3. National and local coordination on food waste collections and green gas infrastructure
4. Backing biogas for use in transport
Also at the conference, Committee on Climate Change chief executive Matthew Bell outlined the role anaerobic digestion (AD) can play in meeting the UK’s carbon budgets.
He said: “AD can feed into both the UK government’s emissions reduction plan and industrial strategy, the two key documents likely to emerge from BEIS in the new year.”
He added that the Department would need “closely connected” thinking between the Plan and Strategy to ensure it delivers against the fifth carbon budget.
ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton called for the government to take key decisions on renewable heat and electricity support.