Mark Wright - Sustainability in south Africa

He created a way to use landfill waste and turn it into energy. His big project is active at the Bisasar Road Landfill in Durban. This is one of the largest landfills in Southern Africa, taking in more or less 7000 tons of waste every day.

By coming up with this solution, the Landfill-Gas-To-Electricity system was initiated and today the city with 3.5million people can now draw its power from this new source.

An electrical Energy can be harvested from the Methane gas created by these landfill areas. This is done by having perforated pipes in trenches which will then siphon the methane gas from decomposing garbage. The gas then travels through the pipes to the power generation compound where it is turned into electricity and distributed to the city. These create green landfill sites that improve the quality of life for the people within the city.