The Twin Cities area should see its first food waste anaerobic digester in 2027, as project partners broke ground in February on a facility in Louisville Township. The facility demonstrates the kind of collaboration necessary to ensure a facility meets the needs of its customers and community, project backers Dem-Con and Kanadevia Inova say.
Dem-Con is a facility owner and operator that serves haulers in the market, President Bill Keegan said. The company has long operated a landfill that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and also processes C&D waste.
In 2018, the company began looking for ways to serve Minnesota’s new food waste recycling and clean energy goals. State law requires the Twin Cities area to reach a 75% recycling rate by 2030, and the state’s utilities to provide 100% clean energy by 2040. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has also urged the seven-county Twin Cities region to find ways to divert more material, including organic waste, leading to discussions between Dem-Con and Ramsey County, where St. Paul is located…