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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
We follow the trail.Chicago’s Trash Doesn’t Go to Waste at Pontiac Landfill June 26: About 5,000 tons of trash from the Chicago area is dumped every day at a landfill in Livingston County, but hardly any of it goes to waste. How yesterday’s trash becomes tomorrow’s energy.‘I Lost My Wedding Ring’ and Other Stories of Chicago’s Accidental Trash June 26: From lost jewelry to criminal evidence, a Pontiac landfill that receives trash from Chicago has plenty of bizarre waste stories. (Chicago Tonight | WTTW)
PONTIAC, Ill. – About 5,000 tons of trash from Chicago and the surrounding area is dumped every day at a landfill in Livingston County, but hardly any of it goes to waste.Like many active landfills, the one operated by Republic Services in Pontiac has found a way to take our trash and convert it into energy – lots of energy. At any given time, Republic’s landfill gas power plant generates enough energy to sustain 10,000 homes.The operation is one of more than 600 projects launched nationwide under the Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program, which works with waste companies to reduce or avoid methane emissions from landfills. Since the program began 20 years ago, participating landfills have avoided releasing a total of 345 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to the EPA. “Modern landfills are critical to economic development and responsible environmental stewardship,” said Brian Holcomb, general manager of Republic’s Chicago operations, during a... (Chicago Tonight | WTTW)