Leftovers to light London Savoy

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London's Savoy Hotel plans to light up some of its rooms by recycling leftover food from its restaurants and turning it into electricity.

The hotel, which is closed as it undergoes a £100m refurbishment, said the power from biomass would be enough to light 10% of its 263 guest bedrooms.

Currently food waste and leftovers from its Simpson's-in-the Strand restaurant are recycled by the PDM Group.

The 1889-built hotel is due to reopen later this year.

At present leftovers are collected once a week for recycling which is expected to become a daily routine when the hotel reopens.

The food products are processed to recover liquid fat which is used in the manufacture of bio-fuels.

Bio-fuel is then processed in PDM Group's power plants to generate renewable electricity.

Debra Patterson, from the Savoy, said: "When the Savoy reopens it will be the most environmentally responsible hotel in London.

"We were delighted to find that PDM offered a solution that allowed us not only to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, but to make a significant improvement to the Savoy's overall carbon footprint by displacing fossil fuels - a completely sustainable solution."