Des Plaines Landfill

Description: A leachate management system has been installed at the Des Plaines Landfill. It uses most of the landfill gas to support a 3500 kilowatt electrical generating facility - enough electricity to power 3500 homes.

Project Type:	Industrial Methane
Location:	Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Quantity:	80,000 tonnes CO₂e per year
Accounting period:	From 2002
Operator:	Sexton Energy LLC 11700 West 31st Street Westchester IL 60154
Standard:	Voluntary Carbon Standard
Supported by:	LivClean (Canada) Targetneutral (UK)
Entry created:	5th September 2007
Last updated:	23rd August 2010

Loading map...

More information (opens external site)

All methane projects in USA »