The Los Angeles City Council voted to conduct a study to show the effects of installing an anaerobic digester in its Scholl Canyon landfill, a report by The L.A. Times says.
The study will be conducted by Waste Resources Inc., Gardena, California, and Organic Waste Systems (OWS) Inc., with US headquarters in Cincinnati, the report says. The study will focus if the digester would generate revenue and cut down on waste being dumped in the landfill.
The feasible options for implementing the technology include using the gas produced to generate electricity at the Grayson Power Plant to selling it and flaring it, the report says.
The 535-acre landfill received 1,400 tons of trash per day at its peak and was expected to reach capacity by 2021, the report says. With recent waste reduction measures, that amount has already been reduced to 700 tons per day.
According to the report, the study is expected to take up to six months.
