Whey to Go: Cheesemaker Installs Biogas Recovery System

Anecdotal evidence suggests that cheese and biogas go together like – aw heck, let’s cut the cheese jokes and get straight to the point.  The Holmes Cheese Co. is installing a wastewater treatment system at its Millersburg, Ohio factory that will double as a sustainable biogas recovery plant , thus joining a growing number of cheeseries that are generating their own sustainable energy to power equipment. The new system is a proprietary process called the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket.  It was developed by Biothane , a subsidiary of leading wastewater treatment company Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies .  As an added bonus, N.A. Water Systems (another Veolia subsidiary) is installing high-tech filtration and treatment equipment that will enable the effluent from Holmes Cheese to meet strict water quality limits for phosphorus . Read more of this story »

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Whey to Go: Cheesemaker Installs Biogas Recovery System