DECATUR, Ga. — Your trash could soon produce enough energy to light a neighborhood.
A landfill in DeKalb County, just north of Atlanta, is being converted from a simple hill of decaying garbage into an power-producing solar energy farm, Fox News has learned.
“It’s very exciting to be a part of this new technology, particularly given the potential for landfills across the country,” said David Stuart of Georgia’s Republic Services.
An enhanced geo-membrane liner, which looks like a large green tarp, covers the surface of the landfill. The liner is then covered with lightweight solar panels that are about 15 inches wide, 18 feet long and only about a quarter of an inch thick.
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