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Lighting up the sky
Carleton Farms/Republic Services sponsor festival fireworks
The Carleton Farms Landfill in Sumpter Township,
owned and operated byRepublicWaste Services once again
has sponsored the fireworks display at the Sumpter Country
Fest.
CarletonFarms, which beganwith a 4.0megawatt landfill
gas-to-energy plant in in July of 1998 now produces 6.4
megawatts of electrical power at the farm. The electrical
power generated at the plant is transported 1.5 miles and
tied into theDetroit Edison distribution grid. It provides suf-
ficient electricity to power more than 7,000 homes and busi-
nesses in the greater Detroit Metropolitan area. The facility
will eventually expand to produce 12 megawatts of power
and will become the largest internal combustion landfill gas
plant inMichigan.
The 640-acre landfill first opened in Sumpter Township
in 1993. The landfill includes more than 90 collection wells
in place delivering more than 3.4 cubic feet of landfill gas
eachday.
Carleton Farms is located at 28800 Clark Road in New
Boston.
Republic Services offices are located on Van Born Road
in Wayne. For more information about the commercial and
residential hauling and collection services, call (734) 641-
3555.
