EditorialGeothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site

Geothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site

A Maine composting facility creates beneficial recycled products, and does it with less energy, thanks to innovations like geothermal heating and cooling.
  • Appeared in print as "Reusing More, Using Less"
  • By Doug Day
  • October 2014
  • Sustainable Operations
Geothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site
Geothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site Geothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site

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Geothermal Heating And Cooling Save Energy At A Maine Composting Site
The Hawk Ridge facility creates compost from biosolids and other materials, such as food waste, wood ash, yard waste, shredded paper, fish waste and wood waste.

As the largest municipal biosolids composting operation in New England, the Hawk Ridge Compost Facility’s main purpose is the beneficial reuse of the solids produced in treating wastewater.

Operated by Casella Organics, the site in Unity serves more than 30 treatment plants in...

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