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EarthCompliant.org <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />.powering the local Cascades paper mill. Gas from the landfill is recovered and transported through a 13-kilometer <br />pipeline to the plant in Saint-Jerome, Quebec. <br />Landfill gas is replacing 75 percent of the mill's natural gas usage and should help meet a large part of its energy <br />requirements for the next 10 years. It is also reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 540,000 tons ayear -the <br />equivalent of removing about 120,000 cars from the roads. <br />The paper mill's 10-year contract to use Waste Management's landfill gas as acost-efficient, alternative energy sour <br />is credited with keeping the plant open after rising fuel costs threatened the. continued operation of the Saint- Jerom <br />manufacturing facility. <br />The headline in the December 2005 issue of a Montreal newspaper read, "Landfill Saves Jobs at Cascades." The artic <br />goes on to say, "The 315 employees that are staying can be thankful for the landfill gas now used to power the <br />venerable plant built in 18.92." <br />Home ~ About Us ~ .Education ~ Projects ~ Programs ~ News ~ Contact Us <br />6/8/2009 <br />EarthCompliant.org 20533 Biscayne Blvd Suite 353, Miami, FL, 33180 <br />Earth Compliant.Org provides a unique opportunity for companies and individuals to participate in a mutually bene <br />environmental sustainability through our voluntary green tax program. The proceeds of this voluntary Green Tax sui <br />and biological sequestration projects that reduce or eliminate GHG emission <br />http://earthcompliant.org/Proj ects.php <br />