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Photo collage of landfill gas collection systems, landfill methane utilization options (i.e., greenhouses, electricity), and the LMOP logoGreenridge Reclamation Leachate Evaporation



LocationScottdale, Pennsylvania
End User(s)Allied Waste Services
Sector(s)Onsite
Landfill(s)Greenridge Reclamation
Landfill Size4.2 million tons waste-in-place (2006)
Project TypeLeachate Evaporation
Project Size563 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 1,600 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,300 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 16,300 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 1,800 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0019 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAllied Waste Services, Shaw Environmental, Inc.

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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