---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001842279-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPAL"
cik: "0001842279"
company_name: "OPAL Fuels Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T23:53:08.103603+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OPAL Fuels subsidiary signs 25-year landfill gas agreement with Waste Management for new RNG facility

## Summary
- Agreement gives OPAL Fuels right to purchase landfill gas from WM's Cottonwood Hills Landfill in Illinois.
- OPAL Fuels will build and operate a facility to process landfill gas into renewable natural gas (RNG).
- WM receives lease payment and royalties from RNG sales, including environmental credits.
- Term is 25 years from start of facility operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001842279-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPAL
- cik: 0001842279
- company_name: OPAL Fuels Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227923000013/0001842279-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227923000013/opal-20230413.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001842279-23-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001842279-23-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001842279-23-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  OPAL Fuels Inc. entered into Lease Agreement with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. (effective 2023-03-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: lease
  - Counterparty: Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
  - Effective: 2023-03-13
  source text: On April 13, 2023, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OPAL Fuels Inc. (referred to herein as the “ Company ”) entered into a Landfill Gas Purchase and Sale Agreement and a Lease Agreement (collectively, the “ Agreements ”) with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227923000013/0001842279-23-000013-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  OPAL Fuels Inc. entered into Landfill Gas Purchase and Sale Agreement with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. (effective 2023-03-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: supply
  - Counterparty: Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
  - Effective: 2023-03-13
  source text: On April 13, 2023, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OPAL Fuels Inc. (referred to herein as the “ Company ”) entered into a Landfill Gas Purchase and Sale Agreement and a Lease Agreement (collectively, the “ Agreements ”) with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227923000013/0001842279-23-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.