A landfill in Fresno, Texas, has come up with a creative way to turn decomposing waste into a power source.
"We take what is perceived as a problem. And we come up with a solution for it," said environmental manager Raymond Whitlock."Something that is benefitting the community around us directly right now."There are hundreds of extraction sites around the landfill, and each site removes methane gas from decomposing waste.
The methane is sent via pipeline to a processing plant on the landfill's grounds called Morrow Energy. Morrow Energy takes that methane and turns it into natural gas that can power fleets, power plants, and more. "That pipeline quality gas is injected into a pipeline right here locally," said Paul Morrow, the founder of Morrow Energy."It can be transferred anywhere in the United States.""It's produced from a source that would normally go to the atmosphere," said Morrow."Without these landfill gas collection systems, the gas would either be into the air or a flare system where it can't be used.
Blue Ridge, which Republic Services owns, says they do flare some gas, but the majority goes through the process of renewable natural gas.Morrow says there are approximately 100 landfills across the country performing this technique, but few do it at the level of Blue Ridge.Follow Chaz Miller on
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