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Cayuga County digester shut down

January 12, 2015, Sennett, NY – The methane digester in Sennett has been temporarily shut down while the Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District figures out a new plan of operation for it.

According to soil and water executive director Doug Kierst, the main operations of the digester were shut down in November. The digester operations have run into difficulties both from the cost of transporting manure and a lack of interest from restaurants and other food waste producers in the composting program. READ MORE