The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires landfills to dispose of landfill gas by flaring, electrical generation or processing. Rumpke chose to process the gas as a means to create energy from waste at three of its landfills, thus making the waste useful to the general public.
 Landfill Gas Recycling in Ohio
Montauk Energy Capital operates three methane gas recovery facilities at Rumpke Sanitary Landfill near Cincinnati. The plants convert the methane gas into natural gas energy. The first landfill gas recovery facility at Rumpke Sanitary Landfill opened in 1986, the second plant opened in 1995 and the third plant opened in 2007. The facilities have the potential to recover approximately 15 million standard cubic feet of landfill gas daily, making the recovery operation the largest landfill gas-to-direct-pipeline facility in the world. The plants combine to provide enough natural gas energy for about 25,000 homes and businesses. The natural gas is distributed by Duke Energy Corp.
 Landfill Gas Recycling in Kentucky
The East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) operates methane gas recovery facilities at two Rumpke of Kentucky landfills: Rumpke’s Pendleton County Landfill and Rumpke’s Hardin County Landfill. These plants produce renewable electricity. The Hardin County facility opened in 2006 and the Pendleton County facility opened in 2007. The facilities recover enough methane gas to provide energy for approximately 5,000 homes.
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