In a press release, Waste Management announced that it opened the first landfill gas-to-energy power plant in northern Nevada. The facility will use landfill gas produced onsite to generate enough renewable energy to power 1,800 homes.
WM now owns or operates 131 landfill gas-to-energy facilities across North America. Combined with the company's other renewable energy projects, Waste Management produces over 9 million megawatt hours of electricity per year, or enough for more than 1.1 million homes. That is more than the entire North American solar industry produces each year.
"The Gas-To-Energy Facility at the Lockwood Landfill ensures that not even garbage will go to waste," said Justin Caporusso , Waste Management spokesperson. "By investing in landfill gas-to-energy, we are powering homes using the same waste that is left at the curb."
