Allan Gerlat, News Editor

April 4, 2014

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Toyota, Waste Services of the Bluegrass Partner on Landfill Gas to Energy

Toyota and Waste Services of the Bluegrass are partnering on a landfill gas-to-energy operation to supply power to the auto maker’s manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Ky.

Construction will begin this month and be completed by early 2015, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc. said in a news release.

Once the system is running it will generate one megawatt of electricity per hour. Toyota estimates the landfill gas will supply enough power annually for the production of 10,000 vehicles.

Underground transmission lines at the facility will carry electricity to the Toyota Georgetown manufacturing plant, located a few miles south of the landfill. The plant manufactures two hybrid models and has been a zero waste to landfill facility since 2006.

The venture is the region’s first business-to-business landfill gas-to-energy initiative.

“As a corporate citizen of central Kentucky, we are committed to smarter and better ways of doing business to enhance our community and environment,” said Todd Skaggs, CEO of Lexington, Ky.-based Waste Services of the Bluegrass. “We look forward to being a partner in Toyota’s sustainability efforts.”

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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