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Article: BFI Landfill Gas to Power The Solae Company Plant in Memphis; Public-Private Project Designed to Improve Air Quality, Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependence.
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- June 16, 2004
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MEMPHIS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Air quality will improve and fossil-fuel demand will decrease in Shelby County this fall, thanks to a new partnership among Solae L.L.C.; BFI Waste Systems of North America; Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW); and CPL Systems, Inc. These organizations are creating a system to collect and use gas generated from decomposing municipal solid waste at BFI's South Shelby Landfill. The gas will be transported via pipeline to The Solae Company-owned plant, where it will reduce the plant's fossil-fuel usage by nearly 25-30 percent.
Known as a landfill gas usage project, the venture is expected to reduce the plant's greenhouse gas ...