Huge dome will use landfill gas to grow vegetables

From Landfill To Lettuce: Growing Dome Uses Methane To Power Fresh Produce Cultivation

A pioneering project by Sustain Wiltshire aims to turn landfill sites into low‑carbon, affordable fresh produce production hubs, using inflatable growing domes powered and enriched by methane captured from buried waste to produce multiple crops a year.At a long‑established waste site near Royal Wootton Bassett, Sustain Wiltshire is trialling a 40m‑by‑20m prototype “growing dome” that is designed to be bio-secure, positioned above securely sealed…

Huge dome will use landfill gas to grow vegetables

A giant dome has been installed at a landfill for the purpose of growing fruit and vegetables using the site's gasses. The landfill near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, already generates electricity from methane produced by waste, and makes carbon dioxide as a by-product of this process. The…