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NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — Northumberland, Pa.-based food processor Furmano Foods recently unveiled a new $11.5 million wastewater treatment plant that produces less wastewater and allows the company to generate about 30% of its own energy, The Daily Item reported.
The multi-million dollar project incorporates an anaerobic digester that processes tomato and dried bean waste at the Northumberland-based plant. The methane by-product is sent to a converter that uses it to generate electricity.
Furmano’s President Chad Geise said the new system saves the company about $150,000 a year on its electric bill.
