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Long Island Compost Corp. agreed today (6/24/2013) to build the first
Anaerobic Digester in the N.Y. Metropolitan Region. They will accept 120,000 tons per year of food waste instead of sending it to a landfill
and convert it to high end compost & clean renewable energy.
This is an historic agreement with the New York State DEC, The Town Of Brookhaven, the Citizens Campaign For The Environment and the surrounding residents. Once constructed, the facility will greatly improve air quality in the area, reduce carbon footprint, improve ground water and dramatically reduce impacts to the community. This will be done by employing what Long Island Compost President & CEO Charles Vigliotti calls “The gold standard in how the developed world recycles food waste”.
      The 50 million dollar project is expected to take one year to construct phase 1, but when operational will produce both electricity and compressed natural gas. It is estimated that there will be a green house gas reduction of over 500,000 tons per year or the equivalent of removing over 80,000 cars off the road. This is in addition to saving 6,000 interstate tractor trailer trips per year. Mr. Vigliotti projects that this will be done at a price below current costs of exporting trash to distant landfills.
     As Mr. Vigliotti says, “It’s good for the environment, it’s good for the community, it's good for the economy. Everybody wins!”


Watch President & CEO Charles Vigliotti explain the project in detail
at the Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition Conference.