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S.C. Johnson increases stake in landfill gas. (26-MAY-03) Waste News rage ~ u~ ~ <br /> <br />AccessMyLbrary :~ Browse ~ W ~ Waste__News_ :~ MAY-03 ~ S.C. Johnson increases stake in <br />(News) <br />COPYRIGHT 2003 Crain Communications, Inc. <br />S.C. Johnson increases stake in landfill gas.(News) <br />Publication: Waste News <br />Publication Date: 26-MAY-03 <br />Email this article_ ~ Print this article <br />COPYRIGHT 2003 Crain Communications, Inc. <br />Byline: Jim Johnson <br />S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. is investing $5 million to use landfill gas at its largest <br />manufacturing plant and cut greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel use by abc <br />The maker of such household cleaning products as Windex, Pledge and Glade hay <br />piping landfill gas from the nearby Kestrel Hawk landfill for 15 years for use as be <br />But the company is installing a new turbine system that will instead create electr <br />help run the Sturtevant plant and steam that will essentially be used to heat the <br />S.C. Johnson said it is the first consumer product manufacturer to use this so-cal <br />cogeneration process to power its main manufacturing site. <br />"The greenhouse gases we save through this process will be equivalent to keepin <br />cars off the road per year," Chairman H. Fisk Johnson said. "That's right for SCJ, <br />community and our planet today. Ana even more iiiipoi ~aiit, it's right fcr the gen <br />of tomorrow." <br />S.C. Johnson makes "almost all of our products in some shape or form" at the 1. <br />sq.-ft. Waxdale plant, spokeswoman Kerry Clair said. <br />The company, based in Racine, has broken ground on the project and expects it 1 <br />running by the end of this year. <br />The turbine will produce 3.2 megawatts of electrical power to help run and heat t <br />Exhaust from the turbine will be used to produce steam, which will be used to he <br />and cool the plant as well as in some manufacturing processes, Clair said. <br />The company expects to save about $2.4 million in green energy costs each year <br />Republic Services Inc. landfill will provide methane to the plant for at least 25 ye <br />Johnson will spend between $200,000 and $300,000 per year to buy the gas. <br />Using landfill gas is part of S.C. Johnson's involvement in the U.S. Environmental <br />Protection Agency's Climate Leaders Initiative. <br />Contact Waste News senior reporter Jim Johnson at (330) 865-6171 or <br />jpjohnson@crain.com <br />CAPTION(S): <br />DIRT REDUCERS: Consumer products roll down the line at an S.C. Johnson plant <br />http://www.accessmylibrary. com/coms2/summary_0286-23451730_ITM?email=sstolz~awm. com&... 6/8/2009 <br />» Home ~ ~ About Us SEARCH ARTICLES <br />