Supervisors from a Bucks County township recently approved the final steps for a renewable natural gas facility to begin being built.

In their latest meeting, the Falls Township Board of Supervisors granted preliminary and final land development approval for Waste Management to construct two 20,000-square-foot renewable natural gas plants on a portion of the company’s 47-acre Fairless Landfill complex in Falls. If successful, this could lead to the opening of an operational facility by 2024.

“This is one we’re very proud of and we think the township could be proud of,” said Mike Meginniss, an attorney for Waste Management, the company chosen to oversee the $90 million project.

A plan that has been years in the making, the completion of the facility would help to reduce greenhouse gases and expanding the availability of local jobs in the area. An estimated 40 to 50 jobs are thought to be created as a result, with an addition eight to 10 once the construction is complete.

Eric Oehlin, the Project Manager for Waste Management, said that the plant would provide “stronger odor control,” and that it would utilize the natal gas for renewable energy for a large swath of Bucks County.

“We want to capture all the methane for the plant,” Oehling said. “Methane is money to us.”

Learn more about the upcoming project at the official website of Falls Township.