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EAST : Renewable Energy

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When food scraps and organic waste end up buried with our rubbish in landfill, they let off environmentally harmful methane gas as they decompose.

Now Toowoomba Regional Council - just west of Brisbane - is using that gas for good. They are turning it into electricity, which, in turn, is powering their waste water treatment plant.