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Private developers pitch waste-to-energy sorting and anaerobic-digestion facility; county to review regional proposal
Summary
A private development team outlined a plan to build a high-tech sorting and anaerobic-digestion facility that would accept municipal solid waste for renewable natural gas and recyclable-product recovery. Developers said the model requires regional tonnage and typically uses private capital, not county funding.
A private team working with Trilogy (Europe-based sorting technology) and U.S. partners briefed supervisors on an industrial-scale waste sorting and anaerobic-digestion facility that would convert municipal solid waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), separate recyclables and produce other saleable byproducts.
Developers said the hybrid model combines high-efficiency mechanical sorting (a technology established in The Netherlands) with anaerobic digestion that produces RNG. They told the board the project can…
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