ARCADIS Launches Another Large Landfill Gas Project in Brazil

AMSTERDAM, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD),
the international consultancy, design and engineering company, announced the
opening of the third large landfill gas (LFG) plant near Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, named Novo Gramacho. The opening coincided with the celebration of
the International Environmental Day. The new plant will consolidate the
leading market position of Biogas, a company in which ARCADIS Logos holds
33%. In 2004, Biogas opened the Bandeirantes landfill gas project, followed
by the Sao Joao project in 2007, both near Sao Paulo.

Novo Gramacho Energia Ambiental, in which Biogas has a 50% shareholding,
owns the new facility. The plant was opened by the Governor of the Rio de
Janeiro State and the Mayor of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Novo Gramacho has
been developed to collect and burn the methane gas emitted in the Gramacho
landfill where 2.4 million tons of urban waste has been buried every year for
the last 30 years. The concession contract for the plant, won in July 2007,
is valid for the operation and exploitation of the Gramacho landfill for more
than 15 years.

Biogas has invested in facilities to collect the leachate and the
landfill gas produced by the biodegradation of the urban waste buried in the
landfill. With a capacity to collect 170 million m3 per year of landfill gas,
Novo Gramacho is qualified to be approved by the UNFCCC – United Nation
Framework on Convention for Climate Change for issuance of CER- Certified
Emission Reduction also known as carbon credits. The landfill gas collected
by Novo Gramacho is equivalent in energy terms to the residential consumption
of Natural Gas of the City of Rio de Janeiro.

The CEO of ARCADIS Logos, Manoel Avelino da Silva, also Chairman of the
Board of Novo Gramacho opened the ceremony stating: “There are 35 Landfill
Projects worldwide obtaining carbon credits. Novo Gramacho will join this
group and rank at the top with its estimated 10 million CER in 15 years. With
Novo Gramacho, Biogas reinforces its leadership position in LFG projects.
Biogas now produces 58% of all CER issued globally for such projects. Besides
generating revenues in the next 15 years, Novo Gramacho provides an important
environmental contribution both locally and globally by preventing the
emission of liquids and gases that are very hazardous for the environment”.

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ARCADIS is an international company providing consultancy, design
engineering and management services in infrastructure, environment and
buildings, to enhance mobility, sustainability and quality of life. ARCADIS
develops, designs, implements, maintains and operates projects for companies
and governments. With more than 14,000 employees and over EUR1.7 billion in
gross revenue, the company has an extensive international network that is
supported by strong local market positions. Visit us on the internet:
http://www.arcadis-global.com

SOURCE Arcadis N.V.