Press Release

Simi Valley, October 22, 2009 - In honor of Energy Awareness Month, Waste Management is renewing its commitment to the clean and green power created at the Simi Valley landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGTE) facility at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center.

"Through our green power generators, Waste Management’s landfill is recovering resources and transforming them into a renewable energy for the community," said Scott Tignac, District Landfill Manager for Waste Management of Ventura County. "We are very proud that our facility serves as a model of how waste based energy at the municipal level can help broaden the nation’s ultimate goal of more clean renewable energy."

The clean and green power generators at the Simi Valley landfill generate 2.7 megawatts of electricity for Southern California Edison. The Simi Valley Landfill illustrates Waste Management’s long-term commitment to sustainability and supporting neighbors and communities we work with.

By building LFGTE facilities, Waste Management has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by both capturing methane and offsetting the use of fossil fuel at utility power plants. The Simi Valley LFGTE facility is a prime example of how California can decrease its dependence on current, inefficient and unsustainable energy practices by building an infrastructure around renewable resources, such as waste based energy.

Waste Management designed and operated its first such LFGTE facility in the United States over 20 years ago. With over 115 LFGTE facilities nationwide, Waste Management is the country’s LFGTE operator and is in a unique position to expand waste-based renewable power generation across the country. As well as generating electricity, LFGTE facilities can provide gas feedstock for industrial needs or fuel for transportation needs.

Waste Management provides Ventura County with recycling, trash hauling and solid waste disposal through G.I. Industries and the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center. Waste Management has owned and operated G.I. Industries since 1998 and the SVLRC site since 1983 and employs more than 230 people in Ventura County. The SVLRC provides approximately 60% of Ventura County's daily refuse disposal needs. The company operates a "green power" program at the site that generates enough power for 2,500 homes, and clean-burning LNG powers 38 of its trucks. Waste Management is a significant contributor to area community groups. For more information visit our website www.keepingventuracountyclean.com.