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Landfill's gas fuels garbage trucks.

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
Publication Date: 03-NOV-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: David R. Baker; Chronicle Staff Writer

A company that manages landfills has a new source of fuel for its garbage trucks - rotting trash.

At the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Waste Management Inc. has installed a $15.5 million system that collects gas given off by decomposing garbage and turns it into fuel. The company unveiled the system on Monday.

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