Divert proposes new facility in Pennsylvania

Divert Inc., a Massachusetts-based food diversion company, has proposed a new facility in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

The company proposed building an anaerobic digestion facility on a 22-acre plot near the McSherrystown portion of Conewago Township. As reported by Fox 43, the company presented its plan to the township’s Zoning Hearing Board to seek a special exemption for the land, as its currently zoned for industrial use.

Divert plans to invest $100 million into the facility and create 50-60 new jobs ranging from biochemists to truck drivers and maintenance workers. The company has 13 facilities nationwide that collect food waste from grocery stores and transport it to facilities for processing.

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With the new facility, the company says it will produce 1000 MMBtu of natural gas each day to put into the Columbia Gas Pipeline.

As reported by Fox 43, some residents of Conewago Township expressed concern that the township’s roads would not be able to accommodate the estimated 20 additional trucks that would come through the town each day and that the township’s sewage system would not be able to withstand an estimated 100,000 gallons of wastewater per day.

The second part of the hearing was postponed to July 10 due to time constraints. 

Representatives from Divert are expected to present a more detailed proposal on that day, according to Fox 43.