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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 Size600 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
Environmental BenefitsCarbon sequestered annually by 1,700 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,400 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 17,400 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 2,000 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.002 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
LMOP Partners InvolvedAllied Waste Services, Fortistar Methane Group, General Motors Corporation

Last Updated: 8/18/2008


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