Renewable Energy
As part of our ongoing commitment to creating cleaner, greener communities, Republic Services has invested in a number of renewable energy technologies at our landfills. We are proud to have in place the nation’s first Solar Energy Cover at our Tessman Road Landfill in San Antonio, Texas. The project capped a closed area of the landfill with a liner and flexible solar panels and now generates renewable energy.

For decades, Republic has tapped the gas produced naturally through the decomposition of waste as a renewable energy source. All told, our gas-to-energy facilities provide enough electricity to meet the needs of approximately 192,000 homes and gas to heat another 201,000. The benefit to the environment is equivalent to removing more than four million cars from the road or planting more than 4.5 million acres of fir or pine trees.

Renewable energy programs at the Carleton Farms Landfill include a 14-engine plant which provides enough electricity to Detroit Edison to power 10,000 homes and business.