McELHATTAN — Continued work on a renewable energy project that could garner $1.1 million in revenue is one of a few projects planned for the Wayne Township Landfill in 2022.

General manager Jay Alexander presented the schedule of work plans branched out throughout the year at their monthly meeting.

He updated landfill employees and the public on the renewable energy project with MAS Energy as well the set finalization of the new scale house project.

The landfill is working with MAS Energy, a company out of Atlanta, Ga. on this project. During a previous meeting, Alexander said the plan is for MAS to take landfill gas that is currently being destroyed in a flare and process it down to pipeline quality gas.

From there, the gas will be injected back into the UGI system near Avis, he added. The final outcome will be marketed and sold as a renewable energy product.

During this month’s meeting, Alexander announced the project with MAS is “full speed ahead” with the footers and the ground utility work. The landfill has now received all of the necessary permits issued by DEP, he said.

Right now, the landfill and MAS are working on the final design of the pipeline borings and have made contact with landowners about right-of-ways and necessary property acquisitions.

“It will be connecting over in Avis, where they’ll be tying the UGI line. They are in the process of purchasing a piece of ground where they’ll set the tie in. Everything is moving along in the right direction. If things go well by the end of the third quarter, we should be turning the switch to move gas,” Alexander said.

Alexander also gave an update on the new scale house which will be open and operational in May after paving is completed, he said. Once the new scale house is up and running, the landfill will be looking into optional security cameras and putting up fencing in July.

In order to go about the paving process and look for bids, the landfill is looking to commit to a land swap agreement with First Quality. Since the paving will be done in front of First Quality’s water tanks and will loop in where the original scale house design was, a land swap is necessary between the two companies as they share roads, Alexander said.

The current outdated scale house, which as been utilized since the mid-80s, is planned to be demolished in 2023, according to Alexander. He said they will be relocating and updating their GPS base station which is located by the current scale house.

However, ideas for the relocation are still in the air, Alexander added.