"Waste Management Inc., North America's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, plans to spend roughly US $400 million at 60 landfills over the next five years to convert methane gas to electricity, its most ambitious renewable energy project to date.
The program includes four landfills in Ontario and two in Quebec. Landfills are the largest source of methane emissions in the United States, accounting for 34 per cent of such releases, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...In an announcement Wednesday, Waste Management said it will begin building landfill gas-to-energy facilities this year in Texas, Virginia, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Illinois and Wisconsin. It operates 281 landfills in North America, and 100 already have some form of methane-to-energy capabilities. The next 60 will be at the remaining landfills in Waste Management's portfolio with enough gas flow for such projects, said Paul Pabor, vice-president for renewable energy."
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