Lake County, Indiana, is in the process of approving the first commercial-scale plant in the country to turn garbage into ethanol. The plant, proposed by Genahol-Powers 1 LLC of Evansville, would produce about 30 million gallons of ethanol per year using a process that turns solid waste to a gas, which is then converted to ethanol. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time full-scale plants would convert garbage to ethanol in this country," said Jeff Langbehn, executive director of the Lake County Waste Management District.