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June 29, 2007

Waste Management to convert gas into energy at 60 landfills

  • The company plans to spend $400 million over five years to create electricity from methane gas.

    • HOUSTON (AP) — Waste Management, the nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, plans to spend roughly $400 million over the next five years building facilities at 60 landfills to convert methane gas to electricity, its most ambitious renewable energy project to date.

    Landfills are the largest source of methane emissions in the United States, accounting for 34 percent of such releases, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Methane is the second-biggest man-made contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide.


     
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