Food & beverage manufacturing · US

Turn your factory’s food waste into on-site energy — and a sustainability win

Consistent, high-volume production waste is the ideal feedstock for on-site anaerobic digestion. Flexibuster™ cuts your disposal costs, generates renewable power for the plant, and makes your site a visible leader in your group’s CSR — without unreliable, bolt-on technology.

Up to 40%
lower waste-disposal costs
Zero
food waste leaves your site
Proven
operating internationally for a decade+

Built for environmental leadership

  • Handles consistent production-line food waste
  • Automated & remotely monitored — no new headcount
  • On-site electricity & heat for the plant
  • Hard CO₂ and cost numbers for your board
ISO 9001 · 14001 · 28001 Operating internationally Blue Earth BE100 2025 Envirotech 50 EU Horizon 2020 backed
The US regulatory shift

Why on-site food-waste recovery just became urgent in the US

The economics and the law are moving the same direction: keeping food waste out of landfill is no longer optional — it’s a cost, compliance and reputation issue you can get ahead of.

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12 states already ban food waste from landfill

California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Maine now restrict or ban commercial food waste to landfill — with fines for non-compliance. Will your state be next?

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Hauling and tipping fees only go one way

Every ton you send off-site is a recurring, uncontrollable cost that rises each year. On-site processing fixes the largest variable in your waste budget.

Food is 24% of everything landfilled

The US EPA reports food is the single largest category of material sent to US landfills — and its methane is a fast-growing regulatory and reputational liability.

$62.28 / ton
the average US landfill tipping fee in 2024 — up 10% in a single year and still climbing (EREF). Every ton you divert on site is that cost removed.

Twelve states already mandate food-waste diversion, and the list grows every year. On-site anaerobic digestion turns that obligation into on-site energy and a lower cost base — well before the mandate reaches you.

On-site anaerobic digestion

From production waste to plant power in four steps

Flexibuster is a containerized, plug-and-play anaerobic digester that installs on your site with minimal disruption to the line.

Food waste goes in on-site

Your kitchen, canteen or production tons of food waste are loaded straight into the containerized unit — no sorting line, no off-site transport.

Automated digestion

Built-in pasteurization and state-of-the-art sensors break the waste down in a sealed, odor-free anaerobic process, monitored remotely 24/7.

Energy is generated

The biogas produced runs a CHP engine that generates renewable electricity and heat you use on site — cutting both energy and disposal bills.

Biofertilizer is recovered

What’s left is a clean, nutrient-rich biofertilizer — closing the loop and improving soil instead of filling a landfill.

Why manufacturers choose Flexibuster

Engineered around what environmental leadership needs

Built around what plant sustainability leaders actually need: innovation they can stand behind, efficiency they can measure, and technology that simply works.

Reliability you can defend internally

The single biggest reason plants hesitate on on-site tech is fear it won’t run. Flexibuster is fully automated, remotely monitored and ISO-certified — so you can champion it to operations without staking your reputation on unreliable equipment.

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Process efficiency you can measure

Lower disposal spend, on-site energy, and a documented CO₂ reduction — the metrics that prove your sustainability program is delivering, not just costing.

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Make your factory the group benchmark

A visible, award-winning circular-economy system on your site positions you — and your factory — as the sustainability leader other sites in the group are measured against.

On-site AD vs. the status quo

Dumpsters and haulers vs. Flexibuster

Third-party waste haulage

  • Rising per-ton gate and hauling fees every year
  • Trucks, storage and odor on a busy production site
  • Zero energy or CO₂ benefit back to the plant
  • You’re exposed to someone else’s pricing and schedule

Flexibuster on-site AD

  • Up to 40% lower disposal costs within 6 months
  • Sealed, odor-free, automated — waste never leaves site
  • Renewable electricity, heat and biofertilizer produced on site
  • You control the process, the cost and the carbon story
Choosing an on-site digester

Not all on-site digesters are equal

On-site anaerobic digestion is filling up with newcomers and flat-pack equipment. Here’s what to check before you buy — and where Flexibuster is built to win.

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Proven, not a prototype

A global fleet, operating across multiple countries for over a decade, has turned thousands of tons of food waste into renewable energy. Deployed, field-proven technology — not a pilot or a pitch.

Certified and independently assured

Manufactured to ISO 9001, 14001 and 28001. Many newer entrants can’t show the same quality, environmental and security certification behind the unit.

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Fully automated & remotely monitored

Flexibuster runs itself and is monitored by SEaB 24/7 — a hands-off appliance, not a biogas plant you have to learn to operate and babysit.

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Purpose-built for food waste

Built-in pasteurization makes it safe for hygiene-critical sites, and every unit yields both renewable energy and clean biofertilizer — not just volume reduction.

Proven, not a pilot

Trusted at the sites that can’t afford to get it wrong

This is not a pilot. Flexibuster has been deployed and operating internationally for over a decade — at hospitals, food and beverage manufacturers, airports, universities and hotels, where hygiene, uptime and reliability are non-negotiable.

A decade in the field

Deployed and operating internationally for over a decade — field-proven technology, not a lab prototype or a risky first install.

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Independently validated

Award-winning climate technology, recognised by Blue Earth (BE100) and Envirotech 50, and manufactured to ISO 9001, 14001 and 28001.

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Backed by serious institutions

Developed with the support of the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, Scale4ClimateTech and InnovateUK, and trusted across demanding, highly-regulated sectors.

Trusted across demanding sectors: Hospitals & healthcareFood & beverage manufacturingAirportsUniversitiesHotels & resortsMunicipalities
Questions answered

What plant teams ask us first

Will it disrupt our production line to install?

No. Flexibuster arrives containerized and plug-and-play. It sits alongside your operation and connects to your waste flow with minimal downtime — no major civil works or long build program.

Our last on-site technology was unreliable. Why is this different?

Every unit is fully automated, remotely monitored by SEaB 24/7, and built to ISO 9001, 14001 and 28001. You get performance data continuously rather than discovering a problem after the fact.

Is our waste volume suitable?

Consistent production food waste is close to the ideal feedstock. Tell us your approximate volume in the form and we’ll model expected energy output, cost saving and payback for your specific site.

How do you prove the CO₂ and cost benefit?

Your site assessment includes modeled disposal-cost savings, energy generation and a documented CO₂ reduction you can put straight into board and CSR reporting.

Book your site assessment

See the numbers for your factory before you commit

Tell us about your site and we’ll model your disposal-cost saving, on-site energy output and CO₂ reduction — the business case your operations and finance teams will want to see.

  • A tailored payback and CO₂ model for your plant
  • A tailored, no-obligation site assessment
  • Answers on space, feedstock and integration

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