FUJIFILM To Power Primary U.S. Manufacturing Complex With Community Landfill Gas

Posted at June 27, 2007 3:15 PM

“We are extremely happy this project worked out,” said Robbie Templeton, Chairman of the Greenwood County Council in Greenwood, S.C. The County was facing a deadline imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce or eliminate methane emissions from the Landfill. In the absence of a partner like Fujifilm, the County’s other option was to flare, or burn-off, the gas at the landfill. “Once again FUJIFILM proves itself to be one of our best corporate citizens,” Templeton continued.

By using the methane as energy Fujifilm is preventing methane emissions -- which are more than twenty times more damaging to the ozone than carbon dioxide -- from being released into the atmosphere from the landfill. The amount of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions avoided by this Fujifilm effort would be similar to that generated by 208,000 barrels of oil each year, or the equivalent of the emissions from more than 17,000 vehicles each year.

“This is a situation where we have come up with a solution that is good for our business, good for the community, and very good for the environment -- and that is something that’s always been inherent in Fujifilm’s culture globally,” said Johnny Udo, director of Environmental, Health & Safety for Fujifilm in South Carolina. “This landfill gas-to-energy project will help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, will significantly reduce our energy costs, and will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.“