New advanced waste-management technology has been developed by Ukrainian construction company ZORG Ukraine, designed specifically for plants that produce alcohol. Unique technological upgrade allows the plant to recycle production-wastes, manufacture high-quality fertilizer and biogas, that’s instantly converted into thermal or electrical power. “Biogas plants can cut-down production expenses within the alcohol-production industry sector to a considerable degree,” – commented company’s executive director Igor Aksiutov.

Some unique qualities of production-wastes within this particular industry caused company’s intense research and development of the new waste-management system. Wastage of alcohol-producing plants serves to be the best material for production of biogas, yet the process of biomass digestion, in the following case, has its distinctive features. Taking into consideration the fact, that spent grains have shorter oxidation time-span, company’s engineers divided the digestion process of biomass into two stages: the processes of acid formation and methane formation take places in separate reservoirs, which leads to an increase of the amount of biogas produced by the plant.

The quality of biomass, received from the biogas plant, increases as well. Levels of COD and BOD are ten to fifteen times lower. The wastage of the biogas plant is the high-value product – biofertilizer. Up to this point, alcohol-producing plants managed the wastage by production of dry feeds, although the process demanded the high-level of energy consumption.

Despite the fact, that new waste-management system for plants that produce alcohol is acknowledged as the matter of public interest only now, ZORG Ukraine has already successfully installed its technological solution on various plants in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

At present moment, company offers its clients a number of specialized waste-management solutions:

• biogas plants for cattle and pig farms;
• biogas plants for poultry farms;
• biogas plants for sugar plants;
• biogas plants for energy crops;
• biogas plants for urban ore.

In addition, one of the leading companies within the field of Ukrainian diary industry “Ukrainska Molochna Kompania” received a license for combined production of electrical and thermal power, which enables the company to sell electricity on the energy market according to the green tariff and non-regulated tariff. The license is granted by “National Energy Regulation Commission.” Green tariff rates are set by NERC Department of power-producing companies. Currently, green tariff rate is 1,34 hryvnias (UAH), exclusive of VAT.

For more information on industrial solutions offered by ZORG Ukraine visit company’s website.

Former singer and music presenter Lauren Laverne stars in a new film for alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware.

The tongue-in-cheek film is part of the ‘Drink Less Miss Less’ (http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/campaigns/missless) campaign to encourage people to think about their summer drinking and the effect it has on their long-term health. The minute-long clip, which will also be screened at various festivals throughout the summer, features Lauren deciding to dive into the boozed-up crowd in the heat of the moment, and landing flat on her face as the entire audience are unable to control their bladders any longer…the full film can be seen online at http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/missless

Lauren Laverne says, “There’s no denying a lot of people enjoy a few drinks at a festival but drinking too much can ruin the experience. When Drinkaware approached me to recreate a stage-dive, I literally jumped at the chance because it’s years since I’ve done one for real. The video is a fun way of conveying a serious message in a non-preachy way and of getting people to think twice about how much they drink and the effect booze can have on their health and wellbeing. As well as understanding more about alcohol units, the shoot also gave me a new found respect for stuntmen as I had to re-take the stage-diving shot about 30 times!”