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Gas from trash to power homes in Utah

August 17, 2006 /

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Trash is coming in handy: More than 2,500 Murray homes will be powered by electricity churned from methane gas naturally created by garbage at the county landfill.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials joined local leaders Wednesday at the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility, 6030 W. California Ave., for an official ribbon-cutting for the project that will use landfill methane to generate electricity.

Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon said the process will reduce emissions that would otherwise be released from the landfill. The gas — primarily carbon dioxide and methane — is the natural by-product of the decomposition of solid waste in landfills.

By Leigh Dethman
Deseret Morning News

Full Story: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645193823,00.html

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