The project is only nine months old, but county officials report they are pleased with what is happening at Brevard’s largest landfill west of Cocoa. The new plant at the landfill uses the methane produced from rotting garbage to power Caterpillar engines. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, landfills are the nation’s second-leading human-influenced source of methane, accounting for 23 percent of emissions in 2006. (Agriculture has the distinction of being in first place.)

While we’re on the subject of trash & energy, did you know that in Brevard County curbside tires picked up by waste management are transported to Wheelabrator Ridge Energy in Polk County where they are turned into energy?

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