Anaergia scouts additional sites for proposed California WTE facility

Anaergia, Burlington, Ontario, is reviewing additional sites for its proposed waste-to-energy plant in Anaheim, California, a report by the Orange County Register says.
 
The company also told Anaheim’s Planning Department that it is putting the plant’s environmental impact study on hold, the report says. This came after several city residents raised concerns about odors, long-term health effects and home value.

The proposed $70 million, 3,600-square-foot facility, known as the Anaheim Sustainability Center, would divert food waste to the facility and provide the energy produced there to the city’s electrical grid. The facility would help the state reach its goal to divert 75 percent of waste from landfills by 2020, the report says.

Anaergia is reviewing additional locations inside and outside Anaheim. According to the report, if the facility is built, it would be the first of its kind in Orange County, California.