Fujifilm in the Community

The Greenwood County Landfill was facing a deadline imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce or eliminate the methane emissions coming from the landfill. In order to do this, the landfill would have had to flare, or burn-off, the gas at the landfill or find an end-user that could use the gas for beneficial consumption. But, thanks to an agreement reached by FUJIFILM Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., and Methane Credit LLC, the methane gas produced by the landfill will be purchased by Fujifilm and used to fire boiler's at our complex.

"The FUJIFILM family of companies is working hard to increase our efficiencies while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions globally," said Fujifilm South Carolina's president. "Fujifilm South Carolina's current operations are environmentally conscious." the president continued, "The landfill gas to energy project will go a long way toward meeting our global target for reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses being released into the atmosphere."

Fujifilm plans to use 197 billion Btu's of energy from the landfill over ten years. According to the EPA (using national averages), this amount of energy would provide annual heating for over 5,000 homes. The amount of CO2 emissions destroyed and avoided would be equal to the emissions from over 17,000 vehicles each year.

Methane gas is the most potent greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutant and is a result of decomposition over time of solid waste in landfills. This gas's greenhouse effect is so potent that it is 21 times stronger in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon-dioxide, thereby contributing to localized smog and even global climate change.