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SC Johnson-Press Information <br />rake i ui ~ <br />Ousifl Surface Disinfectant & Air Sanitizes Effective Against N1 N1 <br />SC Johnson Products, Ziploc®and SaranT"' Do NOT Contain ~'A <br />SC Johnson Response to Internet Rumor about Gtade®Pluglns® <br />~ company History Cogeneration System Will Cut Air Emissions and Reduce Use of <br />- our Philosophy Fossil Fuels <br />1 International <br />As part of SC Johnson's ongoing commitment to protect the global environment, <br />- our Family Story the company broke ground on April 25, 2003 for the installation of a new system <br />R News that transforms waste landfill methane gas into "green" energy using a process <br />called cogeneration. SC Johnson Chairman Dr. H. Fisk Johnson, U.S. <br />Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and others gathered to celebrate the <br />launch of the project at the company's Waxdale manufacturing facility in <br />Sturtevant, Wisconsin. <br />The site of the groundbreaking will house a turbine engine which, through a <br />process called cogeneration, burns waste methane gas from a nearby landfill to <br />produce electricity and steam to be used by the Waxdale facility. In a further <br />innovation, the Waxdale plant will use waste methane gas generated by a local <br />landfill as the fuel for the cogeneration procedure. SC Johnson is the first <br />consumer products manufacturer to use the cogeneration process to power its <br />main manufacturing site operations. <br />The waste methane gas will come from the Republic Services' Kestrel Hawk <br />landfill site, one half mile to the east of Waxdale. SC Johnson will- burn methane <br />instead of fossil fuels, such as natural gas or coal. Through this process, the <br />company expects to reduce Waxdale's emissions of carbon dioxide (C02) and <br />other greenhouse gases by 47 percent and cut fossil fuel energy use nearly in half <br />by 2005. <br />°The greenhouse gases we save through this process will be equivalent to <br />keeping 3,200 cars off the road per year," said Dr. H. Fisk Johnson, Chairman of <br />SC Johnson. "That's right for SCJ, our community and our planet today -and <br />even more important, it's right for the generations of tomorrow." <br />According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), only about 30 U.S. <br />companies have developed an energy recovery system utilizing otherwise wasted <br />landfill methane. But SC Johnson is unique in its cogeneration process of using <br />methane gas to make electricity and recovering waste heat for use in the Waxdale <br />plant as steam. <br />"SC Johnson's commitment to the environment and renewable energy <br />development reflects the values and innovative spirit of people in Southern <br />Wisconsin,. said U.S. Representative Paul Ryan (WI-01). "Their leadership also <br />demonstrates that environmental stewardship can play a critical role in reducing <br />the cost of doing business, which helps keep and create more jobs in today's <br />economy." <br />The project is another step in SC Johnson's efforts in the U.S. EPA's Climate <br />Leaders Initiative, a voluntary partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. <br />The system is projected to be fully operational by the end of 2003. <br /> <br />The groundbreaking took place just. three days after SC Johnson received the <br />first-ever Lifetime Atmospheric Achievement Award fromthe U.S. EPA, <br />recognizing the company for its longstanding commitment to protecting the ozone <br />http://www. scjohnson.com/family/fam~re~re_news.asp?art_id=97 <br />6/8/2009 <br />- About SCJ SG Johnson News <br />