Proposed Biogas Facility at Shoosmith Landfill Promises to Cut the Smell – and the Carbon Footprint
For decades Chester has had that funk – the wafting odor of garbage that leaks out of Shoosmith Bros.’ landfill, especially on humid, windy days, and permeates surrounding neighborhoods, businesses, schools and the government offices and courthouse along Iron Bridge Road.
But it could soon be a lot less funky. Last week, the Chesterfield County Planning Commission greenlighted a new biogas processing facility that would be located on 10 acres next to the landfill off state Route 10. Morrow Energy, a renewable natural gas treating equipment supplier from Midland, Texas, is seeking permission to build a facility that would capture the methane gas released by the landfill and turn it into renewable gas, which is then funneled to a nearby TransCanada pipeline.