Landfills don't measure the exact amounts of methane they are losing, but rather estimate how efficient their collection systems are. The EPA assumes the default efficacy rate for methane collection ...

The years between active filling and final closure are often the most challenging period in a landfill's life. Methane ...

Most organic household waste ends up in landfills, where it generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Composting food and garden waste instead of sending it to landfills can significantly reduce ...

GOSHEN — A methane conversion plant at the Elkhart County Landfill will ramp up to maximum capacity as soon as it goes live in late 2026. The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved ...

When Melinda Sims first started LoCI Controls, a company that provides landfills with real-time data on methane collection, she wasn’t trying to address climate change. It was 2012, and methane — a ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 4:55 Listen to the Story A ...

Scientist Gabrielle Petron looks out into the world and sees numbers. In her work for the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Petron plots data on her computer like most ...

May 2—ENID, Ok. — The city is set to approve a private agreement to install a new methane collection system at Enid's landfill and then sell the leftover gas. City commissioners will vote on a 25-year ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, according to a new study. The researchers combined 2019 satellite ...