What does LMOP stand for?

Some 455 landfills are now using methane gas to generate electricity and another 500 are potential candidates, according the Environmental Protection Agency s Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

Fagan will speak about the EPA's nationwide Landfill Methane Outreach program.

LLC has won several national and state environmental awards, including the 2003 South Carolina Governor's Pollution Prevention Award, EPA's Green Power Award, and EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Project of the Year award * Based on calculations provided by the EPA, the reduction of 92,000 tonnes per year of carbon dioxide emissions is equivalent to the benefit of planting over 23,000 acres of trees annually or 30 times the size of New York's Central Park * To date, over 60% of the plant's total energy requirements are provided by landfill gas 2009 Al Bawaba (www.

By preventing emissions of methane, voluntary projects like Interface's help businesses and communities protect the environment and build a sustainable energy future," said Chris Voell, Southeast Manager, EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), the country's existing landfill gas projects have helped eliminate the combined equivalent of CO2 emissions generated by 14.

EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) works in conjunction with the Methane to Markets Partnership to promote the development of landfill gas energy projects.

Nationwide, the federal Environmental Protection Agency counts 455 landfills that use their methane to generate electricity and has targeted more than 500 others as potential candidates through its Landfill Methane Outreach Program.