Waste Management breaks ground on renewable natural gas facility [Video]

BENNINGTON, Neb. (KMTV) — Waste Management says a new facility at Pheasant Point Landfill will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50,000 tons and provide renewable energy. It is expected to be operational by 2025.

• The facility will provide enough energy to power about 860 waste trucks or 20,000 homes.
• How does it work? Waste decomposes, then methane and Co2 are funneled into a local refining process.
• Waste Management is investing over $1.4 billion in renewable energy across the country from 2022-2026.

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Investing in the future. At the Pheasant Point Landfill, Waste Management is breaking ground on a new renewable natural gas (RNG) facility that they say will help reduce greenhouse gases, benefiting the community and environment.

Waste Management (WM) says this new facility will help cut approximately 50,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year from this landfill.

It’ll provide enough energy to power about 860 waste trucks or 20,000 …