from the Augusta Chronicle
Waste hauled from Augusta doorsteps might soon be fueling the garbage trucks that collect it, if a $20 million plan to convert landfill methane to compressed natural gas succeeds.

Augusta, Georgia’s growing landfill, still barely a speck on the 1,200 acres it has to expand, has started producing more methane than it can sell. One proposal is to use the excess for fueling the city’s garbage collection fleet…Read more

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Fundamentals of a Landfill Gas to CNG Vehicle Fuel Project

Join SWANA and our members on January 13, 2010, at 1:45-3:00 PM Eastern time (10:45 AM-noon Pacific time) to discuss SWACO and FirmGreen’s Green Energy Center landfill gas to CNG vehicle fuel project.

Steve Wilburn, CEO of FirmGreen, Inc. and Albert Iosue, Assistant Director of Planning and Projects for SWACO will be on hand to discuss essential technical and economic elements of a landfill gas to vehicle fuel project that a municipal solid waste manager needs to know before embarking upon such a project.

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