ALZA, California City Work Deal For Landfill Gas Use

Date: December 1, 2004

Source: News Room

ALZA Corp. and the city of Mountain View, Calif. have announced a partnership to convert landfill gas from the city's landfill into energy for the company's facility. The landfill will supply electricity and hot water while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 17.3 million pounds per year. The gas produced by the closed landfill contains 40 to 50 percent methane. ALZA expects to use about 75 percent of the electricity produced by landfill gas, and will sell the remaining electricity through a regional electrical power grid. ALZA's parent company, Johnson & Johnson, is seeking to reduce CO2 gases at its facilities nationwide by seven percent by 2010.
More information: www.alza.com.

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