Fifteen of the seventeen Districts signatory to the Joint Outfall Agreement for sewerage services have also entered into a Joint Solid Waste Management System Agreement to finance and operate solid waste management facilities located within the boundaries of existing sanitation districts. The Districts also operate solid waste management facilities outside the boundaries of the Sanitation Districts. Financing and operation of these facilities are governed by a Los Angeles County Trust Fund Joint Powers Agreement between District No. 2 and the County of Los Angeles and individual Joint Powers Agreements. LFG not used at the power plants is safely disposed of through thermal incineration in landfill gas flares. Substitute as a gasoline or diesel fuel for Districts' vehicles, off road heavy-duty equipment and, in the future, refuse trucks.
Landfill gas contains approximately half the energy content of natural gas.