Dive Summary:
- Synagro Technologies Inc., a sustainable waste recycling company based in Baltimore, will build a regional organic and bio-solids recycling facility in Charlotte County, Florida.
- The company entered into an agreement with the Charlotte County Public Works Solid Waste Division to provide sustainable solutions in waste management that can process 100,000 tons of organic matter every year.
- The $4.3 million plant will implement aerobic composting in order to maintain its commitment to 100% recycling and is expected to open by the first quarter of 2014.
From the article:
The new center will…create 75,000 cubic yards of Class AA compost annually.
Synagro's technology already is in operation at three regional compost facilities in the western United States.