Kansas landfill celebrates $20 million methane plant

A new $20 million methane plant at a landfill in Lawrence, Kansas, is converting landfill gas into renewable natural gas for vehicles, according to the Associated Press (AP).

In a Sept. 20 ceremony, officials at Hamm Sanitary Landfill, in Lawrence, Kansas, said the new plant joins other recent projects that lessen the landfill's environmental impact, including a recycling center and a new landfill capping system.

The plant includes extraction wells, a gas-processing facility and a 7-mile gas pipeline, according to the AP. The landfill serves about 500,000 Kansas residents.

Hamm Sanitary Landfill is a highly engineered structure utilizing state of the art environmental controls including load screening inspection, geosynthetic clay and geosynthetic liner systems, leachate collection system, and groundwater monitoring.

Our landfill has a projected 70 year life. Hamm uses the latest landfill technologies to protect the environment and ensure the sustainability of our facility.  All our facilities are designed, operated and maintained to meet or exceed local, state and federal regulations.