DeKalb County recently broke ground on a renewable natural gas processing facility that is designed to provide a clean and cheap fuel to county sanitation trucks.

The facility is being built at the Seminole Road Landfill through a $7.8 million grant from the federal stimulus program. Under it, the county will convert 70 trucks to run on the methane-turned-fuel instead of diesel, a savings of $3 million over eight years. The county plans to adapt its entire 306-truck fleet to the natural gas over that period.

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Helen Gilbert places flowers on her brother Eurie Martin’s grave at Camp Spring Baptist Church in Sandersville. Her brother died eight years ago. Three former Washington County deputies are accused of causing his death and are set to stand trial Monday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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