(File Photo from SusGlobal Energy operation on Phillipston Road)
A local business is hoping to expand their operations.
SusGlobal Energy Belleville, located on Phillipston Road, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to purchase 39 acres of land. The property comes with a $1.7 million price tag.
This agreement will allow the organic waste management company to own the land and no longer need to lease the current 13.9 acre portion of land their operation is based on.
The company is hoping to expand their site capacity from 35,000 tonnes annually to 70,000 tonnes with an additional 50,000 tonne organic processing and transfer site.
The expansion and integration of processing equipment into the existing facilities will also allow for treating of source-separated organics and industrial, commercial and institutional organic wastes to produce a high yield organic slurry. This would then be sent to local anaerobic digesters to produce energy, while continuing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting organic waste from landfills.
“We are very pleased to be able to enter into an LOI to purchase this large parcel of land with the ECA attached, in order to expand our Belleville site to bring the Ontario, Quebec and New York State organic waste management systems to a sustainable level by diverting from landfills” stated Marc Hazout, Executive Chairman and President of SusGlobal Energy Corp.
