Republic Services is progressing on the conversion of the 48-acre Hickory Ridge Landfill into the largest solar farm in Georgia. Using $2 million in federal stimulus money, Republic is closing the facility and, with an exposed geomembrane cap and thin-film photovoltaic cells, turning the site into a power generation source for the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority. It will be the state’s first solar landfill.

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