Dive Brief:

• Denton, Texas plans to resume operations at a shuttered biodiesel plant, located at the municipal landfill.

• The City Council will partner with American Bio Source in a deal that stipulates that the waste recycler will lease the plant from the city for $1,200 per month, in addition to providing Denton with one percent per gallon in royalties for every gallon of biodiesel produced.

• American Bio Source approached the city, stating that it wanted to relocate its operations to the landfill. 

Dive Insight:

In 2005, the closed plant was the first fully renewable biodiesel manufacturing plant in the nation. When it closed unexpectedly in 2008, the city sued the company handling operations for breach of contract. The city has been replacing some of its fleet with natural gas-powered trucks since that time.