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Article: WASTE INDUSTRY BRIEFS.(News)
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- Waste & Recycling News
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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LANDFILLS
WM making fuel from LFG in California
Waste Management Inc. is now producing vehicle fuel from landfill gas in California.
The nation's largest solid waste management company and Linde North America are partners on the world's largest landfill gas-to-liquefied natural gas plant at the Altamont landfill near Livermore, Calif.
The facility, built by Linde, purifies and liquefies landfill gas, creating 13,000 gallons per day. That's enough to fuel 300 of Waste Management's 485 LNG waste and recycling collection vehicles in 20 California communities, the waste company said.
"The Altamont LFG-to-LNG facility enables us ...