Metro has commenced negotiations to site a plant that converts the region's food scraps into energy near Portland's sewage treatment plant in North Portland.
On Jan. 5, Metro selected Waste Management, the nation's largest garbage company, to process food scraps into energy. Waste Management is teaming with the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, which operates the Columbia Boulevard Wastewaster Treatment Plant at 5001 N. Columbia Blvd.
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