Waste Management Goes Green
According to a report at Sustainable Business, Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) is teaming up with The Linde Group to begin converting landfill gas into fuel. Waste Management is North America’s leading recycling and waste company, so this is a pretty big deal. The company estimates that they’ll be producing about 130,000 gallons of liquid biogas every day.
Waste Management already has about 300 landfill gas-to-energy factories and plans to add 60 more over the next five years. They expect this project to cost about $15 million and will be used mainly in California.
Why is this a great idea, in my opinion? Normally, I’m against companies recycling, because it is better to reduce than reuse. I believe that most businesses think about “going green” the wrong way.
But for a trash company? This is awesome. They are taking something they already do (collect trash) and making it greener.
What are you already doing as part of your business? How can you make those practices greener?
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