Plans have been revealed to grow fruit and vegetables using “cleaned” carbon dioxide in greenhouses above a landfill in what it is claimed will be a “world first”.
The landfill in Wiltshire is run by Crapper & Sons Ltd, which is currently waiting to get planning permission for the project.
The company already captures methane coming off the waste to power its operations and send energy to the national grid, as well as producing CO2.
Having now started a community interest company called Sustain Wiltshire, it has said it wants to use the site to grow food for the local area all year round.
Sounds like an excellent plan as long as they don’t use dirt from the site, which would be high in heavy metals, PFAS, microplastics, etc etc