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'''Greengairs''' is a village in [[North Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9136&lon=-3.9420&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordinance Survey|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> ▼
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Greengairs is shown on another map by Roy c1754 under the name of Green Geirs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy's map of the Lowlands|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=55.9157&lon=-3.9359&layers=4&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref> In toponymy the name means "green strips of grass".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Drummond|first1=Peter, John|title=An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin|date=2014|publisher=Glasgow University|location=Glasgow|page=350|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=351|accessdate=3 July 2017}}</ref>▼
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Lying {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} southeast of [[Cumbernauld]] and {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north east of [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]], the village consists mainly of local authority housing. Between them Greengairs and [[Wattston]] have about 1,190 residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area/mid-2012-settlements/2012-pop-est-sett-local-main-tab3a.pdf|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref> ▼
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| unitary_scotland = [[North Lanarkshire]]
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▲'''Greengairs''' is a village in [[North Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9136&lon=-3.9420&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=
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▲Lying {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} southeast of [[Cumbernauld]] and {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north east of [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]], the village consists mainly of local authority housing. Between them Greengairs and [[Wattston]] have about 1,190 residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area/mid-2012-settlements/2012-pop-est-sett-local-main-tab3a.pdf|
It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased [[coal mining]] and [[quarrying]]. Ironstone was first mined by the [[Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life|Summerlee]] Iron Company in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airdrie Villages|url=http://www.monklands.co.uk/airdrie%20villages/|website=Monklands Memories|
Greengairs power station opened in 1996, and is powered by [[methane]] produced by biodegrading materials from a large [[landfill]] site developed since 1990 in former open cast workings situated to the south of the village.<ref name=gaz>{{cite web|title=Greengairs|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1448.html|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref> Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from [[Glasgow]] and [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biomass Energy in Scotland|url=http://www.scotsrenewables.com/biomassinfo.html|website=Renewable Energy In Scotland|publisher=Scots Renewables|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> Greengairs has 6000m of pipes with [[biogas]] fed by 90 gas wells.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greengairs; Scotland|url=http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/biomasscase.htm#Greengairs;%20Scotland|website=Biomass Case Studies|publisher=University of Strathclyde (Energy Systems Research Unit)|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
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