You will first need to check with SEPA to see whether the waste is hazardous before being able to use landfill. Many industrial by-products can have an inadvertant effect on groundwater and secondary effects that can cause irrepairable damage to local ecosystems. It may be necessary for you to use a sealed landfill site for the disposal process, or even seek another route where the waste could be used in another manufacturing process. Speak to WRAP, who may be able to find a trading partner for you. ■

Richard is bang on. Sugar 'waste' is used as a source/feed in some chemical processes & 120tonnes per day is a lot of revenue to throw away. You could probably give it away ex works & save on the transport cost altogether. It would probably be a welcome backhaul for those tankers & tippers returning to that fair land beyond the southern hills. ■

louis is right about your waste as far as potential feed stock, I would inquire to local animal feed companies to see if they would be interested in obtaining it cattle love brewers waste.

The syrup can be sold to act as a binder for road salt and sand too ■

I've never heard of port ale syrup ??

I've heard of pot ale syrup, a by-product of the malt whisky industry, but I always thought all of this went into animal feed. ■

Maybe there's a whiff of European Community in the air & they don't want to risk animals getting legless. Either that or its Animal Rights threats to retaliate if the livestock are having their freedom of choice infringed if they are coerced into eating food which has been near booze. Personally I can't see much wrong with getting legless just before you get lifeless & I suspect the animals would agree. ■