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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoGeneral Motors Toledo, OH Plant



LocationErie, Michigan
End User(s)General Motors Corporation
Sector(s)Auto manufacturing
Landfill(s)Vienna Junction Industrial Park Landfill
Landfill Size1 million tons waste-in-place (1998)
Project TypeDirect Thermal
Project Size750 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsAnnual greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to planting 2,600 acres of forest, removing the emissions of 1,800 vehicles, or preventing the use of 21,900 barrels of oil. Annual energy savings equate to heating 5,600 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0026 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAllied Waste Services, Gas Recovery Systems, LLC, General Motors Corporation

Last Updated: 1/3/2007


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