Sun News: Houston County is about to become one of the first in the state to use garbage from its public landfill to make electricity, thanks to a deal signed in December between the county and Flint Energies. The methane gas, which is produced by the natural decomposition of garbage underground, is now being “flared,’ or burned off, but will now become a source of income. Flint, an electric co-op whose members are most concentrated in Houston County, will buy the gas and use it to make …