KB BioEnergy (formerly KB Compost Services, Inc.)

The City of Akron and KB BioEnergy (formerly KB Compost Services, Inc.) have had a public-private partnership since 1989 to manage the waste solids through the City’s Composting Facility. In 2007, the City contracted with KB BioEnergy to construct and manage an ADS (Phase I) that would process one-third of the solids generated by the City of Akron while producing renewable energy. The success of this initial project has resulted in a renewed contract between the City of Akron and KB BioEnergy to construct a plant (Phase II) three times the size of the original ADS to accommodate 100% of the City’s waste stream.