Waste Management expands gas-to-energy sites, including 6 landfills in Canada

“There’s an opportunity to add income to each of these landfills where one of these power plants is going in.”

(CP) - 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. Methane is the second-biggest man-made contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide. Read more

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