This year we’re excited to share that we’ve invested our carbon offsets in a project in our own community: The Fulton County Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) plant. Fulton County Landfill accepts waste from all across NY state. As waste decays, especially food waste which composes about 24% of all waste-to-landfill, it creates methane which is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. With this project, the methane gas emitted at the landfill is captured, converted into clean energy, and made available to the grid, which powers local homes and businesses.