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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~~t'~~ D -~ rq.r~s <br />h Y~ <br />~ h~ Z <br />%~ t ~ <br />;. ~ ~ ,~ <br />~r"~x ~~ ~ ~5~~ <br />Methane Home <br />LMOP Home <br />Basic Information <br />Accomplishments <br />Energy Projects and <br />Candidate Landfills <br />Benefits of LFG Energy <br />Partners <br />Join the Program <br />Documents, Tools 8t <br />Resources <br />Newsroom <br />Workshops( <br />Conferences <br />Internatiana[ Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />t .. y <br />U'.S. E~Y~RO+t~[~EN~'~ PR!OTE~GTIt'~N~ ~~~E+101~ <br />Landfill Methane gut~each l~ro~rarn {L '' <br />Recent Additions I Contact Us ~ Print Version Search: ~m <br />EPA Home > Climate Chafe > Methane > Voluntary Programs > LMOP > Energy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Energy Project Profiles > MARS Snackfood US and the City of Waco Landfill <br />MARS Snackfood US and . ~ ~ `•,~' <br />the: City of Waco Landfill -_-_ ~ ~ ~~' <br />O4lIAEVfp7 t70fKA3.M1 ~.. <br />~-~-, <br />C~ <br />uyr~~ awns <br />vJar~-Nea <br />Location Waco, Texas <br />End User(s) MARS Snackfood US <br />Sector(s) Food products <br />Landfill(s) City of Waco Landfill <br />Landfill Size 2.2 million tons waste-in-place (2003) <br />Project Type Boiler <br />Project Size 830 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Savings $600,000 per year <br />Environmental <br />Benefits Carbon sequestered annually by 2,300 acres of pine or fir <br />forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,900 <br />passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 24,000 <br />barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to <br />heating 2,700 homes. Estimated emissions reductions ofi <br />0.0028 million metric tons of carbon equivalents. <br />LMOP Partners <br />Involved CROMECO, Inc., MARS North America <br />When the price of natural gas skyrocketed, <br />MARS Snackfood US (MARS) turned to landfill <br />gas (LFG). For MARS, the use of LFG is <br />expected to save $600,000 per year, while <br />reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For its <br />willingness to learn about the benefits of LFG <br />energy and then educate and promote LFG <br />usage to the community, its suppliers, and <br />customers, LMOP recognized MARS as a 2008 <br />Energy Partner of the Year. <br />During the late 1990s, CROMECO, Inc. <br />approached MARS about an opportunity to <br />utilize the LFG collected at the City of Waco's landfill. However, the company was hesitant <br />for a number of reasons, including whether there was sufficient return to justify the capital <br />costs and how the public would perceive using LFG in the manufacture of food. products. <br />With no outlet to sell the LFG, CROMECO installed electrical generation equipment and <br />sold the power to a power developer. <br />However, by 2005 the cost for natural gas had greatly increased and more LFG was being <br />collected from the landfill, which changed the economics of the project. Knowing that the <br />LFG had greater economic value when directly used in boilers due to improved energy <br />efficiency, CROMECO and MARS initiated discussions. again. This time the talks resulted <br />http: //www. epa. gov/landfill/proj /prof/pro file/marssnackfoodusandthecity. htm <br />6/8/2009 <br />