Mayor says new digestor business will convert local industrial waste into energy

The mayor of St. Bernard told the Committee Improvement Corporation on April 23 that a new digestor business is locating in the village and will transform one industry’s waste into energy.

"So basically it's a digestor so you're taking one industry's waste and turning it into energy," the mayor said, describing the project as a local recycling-and-energy effort. The mayor added that the facility will occupy more square footage than casual observers might expect but will not employ a large number of people.

The mayor said the site will be a constructive reuse of a dilapidated building and a former school-bus parking lot and that the project is an appropriate fit for St. Bernard’s existing industrial mix. He also said the operation will mostly use local waste streams, reducing the need to truck material long distances.

No permits, incentive packages, or a construction timeline were detailed in open session; the mayor framed the project as a positive local economic replacement for a blighted property.