Danita Blackwood: If one man trashes another man’s treasure, then landfills just might be a goldmine. Landfills are at work at some communities helping the environment and businesses by providing a new source of fuel.
Collin Covington: We are a regional government and we can’t change this when it comes to protecting the environment. The first thing we do in helping to protect the environment, every bit of gas that Kimberly Clark uses is gas that will not be coming out of the ground so fossil fuel is not going to be consumed. So, we’re helping on a global basis by reducing the amount of fossil fuels are consumed.
Danita Blackwood: All landfill trash decomposes over time and releases methane–a greenhouse gas into the air. At landfills across the country, new technology is being used to capture that gas, treat it, and send it where it can be used as fuel. At this South Carolina landfill, the natural gas travels 17 miles through a pipeline where it helps the power of a manufacturing plant.
Ralph Ferrel: Our Company has an established sustainability program and this is the key aspect to that program. As far as the ability to take a renewable of energy source and use it for our production, process here at the site.
Danita Blackwood: Outgrowing number of companies is finding landfill of gas to be a clean, reliable energy source. They can be purchased at much lower cost than conventional natural gas.
Dan Shabo: More and more businesses today are perceiving alternative and renewable energy projects due to the environmental benefits, marketing benefits that they provide; but, also due to the economic benefit.
Danita Blackwood: In addition, the environmental benefits of landfill gas are significant. According to the EPA, the reduction in greenhouse gasses project alone is equivalent to a moving 41,000 cars from the road, or reducing all consumption by more than 50,000 barrels a year. I’m Danita Blackwood, reporting for sbtv.com; small business is our only business.
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