Lethbridge gets federal infrastructure dollars for Landfill Gas Collection System feasibility study
LETHBRIDGE – The Federal Government’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities has announced funding for environmental initiatives in 72 communities across the country, and Lethbridge is one of them.
The city is getting $101,200 for a Landfill Gas Collection System feasibility study, from the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program. It’s a program that encourages study of emerging technologies to harvest and store sources of renewable energy to reduce corporate emissions.
City Waste Recycling Specialist Mandi Parker says they’ll be updating their landfill gas production assessment, looking at the landfill gas management plan, and then doing a landfill gas utilization feasibility assessment.
“We really just want to know, can our landfill generate the gas that we would need, to collect it and either burn it off, or use it for electricity.”