From Trash to Table: Food Made from Fuel Waste Did you know you can convert food waste into fuel? In Sweden, biogas has been generated from food waste to power households, local buses, and even trains as part of their recycling revolution. How does Sweden do it? The Swedish has transformed over 2.3 million tonnes of household waste into energy Wait, what? Swedish residents first separate their food waste from other waste (like plastic), which is collected alongside waste from canteens and restaurants. This waste is then blended into a slurry and stored in tanks that are taken to local biogas plants, where it is preprocessed and undergoes anaerobic digestion. After the food waste has broken down, it leaves 1) bio-fertilizer, which is used as fertilizer, and releases 2) methane, which is captured and compressed into the biogas that helps power Swedish public transport. “Biogas is the cleanest fuel on the market”. Scandinavianbiogas. Accessed 15th May 2018. Food waste can also be tak...