Florida’s Lee County pursuing waste vegetable oil biodiesel plant to fuel county vehicles; landfill methane to power the plant

In Florida, Lee County commissioners will vote shortly on a $1.3 million project to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel for county vehicles. The proposed facility would be built at the Gulf Coast Landfill and use methane from the landfill to power the plant. Local residents are among opponents of the plan, which critics say has unproven economic benefits.

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