Lebanon will soon use methane produced at landfill to produce electricity [Video]

THEIR OWN LAST CALL HOURS AS LATE AS áTHREE A-M. AN UPPER VALLEY TOWN IS WORKING TO FINISH A PROJECT THAT WILL TURN CITY EMISSIONS INTO ELECTRICITY. NBC5’S JOHN HAWKS CHECKED IN WITH OFFICIALS IN LEBANON TODAY AND HAS MORE ON THIS NOW. JOHN? <JOHN> SOON… LEBANON’S LANDFILL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WILL BE CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICITY. LEBANON’S SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING FACILITY IS ALWAYS A HUSTLING AND BUSTLING PLACE FOR PEOPLE DROPPING OFF THEIR TRASH AND RECYCLING. <NAT POP> THEY’RE ONE OF VERY FEW LANDFILLS IN THE STATE… AND NOW… THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL $700 THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS A PROJECT THAT COULD REDUCED EMISSIONS IN THE CITY BY 3,500 TONS A YEAR. <ERICA DOUGLAS LEBANON SOLID WASTE MANAGER ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THE LANDFILL PRODUCES HERE IS METHANE GAS. SO WE CAPTURE THAT CURRENTLY AND WE FLARE THAT OFF THAT. ALL THAT HELPS WITH OUR …