With its new lean gas treatment plant at the AM LEMBERG landfill site in Ludwigsburg, Abfallverwertungsgesellschaft des Landkreises Ludwigsburg (AVL) is protecting the climate in two ways. On the one hand, it is preventing the enormously climate-damaging gas methane, which is still escaping from the former household waste landfill, from entering the atmosphere. On the other hand, it has found a nearby customer for the landfill gas: At the nearby Lemberghof nursery, the climate killer still helps to heat the greenhouse for the herbs. This in turn saves heating oil.
"AVL is making a virtue out of necessity when it comes to climate protection," said District Administrator Dr. Rainer Haas at the inauguration of the system on Thursday, 14 March. "I think it's great that we've found a partner in the Lemberghof nursery that puts the landfill gas to good use," added Tilmann Hepperle, Managing Director of AVL. "The plant is also special because it is state of the art with an efficiency of over 80 percent," emphasized Hepperle.
The new lean gas treatment plant is part of AVL's aftercare contract for the AM LEMBERG landfill site. The project is considered exemplary and is funded by the National Climate Initiative (NKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment. Almost 500,000 euros - around half of the investment volume - was financed with NKI funds. "With this project, AVL is impressively demonstrating that it is also a very important player when it comes to climate and environmental protection," said District Administrator Haas.
