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News Release from: Fujifilm Graphic Systems
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2007
Landfill Methane Powers Fujifilm's Plate
Factory
Methane gas from a community landfill site is powering Fujifilm's primary US plate manufacturing complex, in Greenwood, South Carolina.
The system is providing 40 per cent of the power for the facility's operations Methane gas is extracted from the landfill and piped in to the Fujifilm complex, where it is then used in two of the facility's four boilers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 4 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The factory will use 197 billion BTUs of methane-generated energy from the landfill per year, which is said to be equivalent to the amount of energy required to annually heat more than 5,000 homes.
By using the methane as an energy source, Fujifilm said it is preventing methane emissions, which are more than 20 times more damaging to the ozone layer than carbon dioxide, from being released in to the atmosphere from the landfill.
The amount of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions avoided by this initiative is similar to that generated by 208,000 barrels of oil, or the equivalent of the annual emissions from more than 17,000 vehicles.
Graham Leeson, Fujilfilm's marketing manager, explained: "Our commitment to sustainability and the environment is second to none and this initiative reflects this.
This is just one part of our global drive to reduce the amount of energy we consume and the CO2 emissions we generate." Fujifilm explained that its goal is to reduce the company's energy consumption and CO2 emissions per unit of output by 10 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively by 2010.
As part of that programme, by 2008 three of Fujifilm's major production bases in Japan, will have installed natural gas co-generation systems, natural gas boilers and other equipment that will enable them to generate power and heat on-site.
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