Timeline for Which materials dumped into landfills are the largest sources of methane?
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| Jul 30, 2021 at 14:53 | comment | added | LShaver♦ | Looks like the 2019 update to this report was published days after I wrote this answer. | |
| May 31, 2020 at 1:24 | history | edited | Fred | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Correct format for CO2 & CH4
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| May 6, 2020 at 13:31 | history | edited | LShaver♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed table -- heading said % but values were fractions.
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| Nov 23, 2019 at 16:26 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | It seems like a good idea to burn this methane by having plastic pipe in the landfill to collect gases. This was done in IL but the EPA made then extinguish the fires and just vent the gas. | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 4:58 | comment | added | LShaver♦ | @ChrisH good question, and as I suspected, the IPCC also addressed this -- I edited the answer to include their findings. | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 4:58 | history | edited | LShaver♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 726 characters in body
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| Nov 22, 2019 at 19:33 | comment | added | Chris H | I wonder what the leakage rate is like in practice at those managed anaerobic sites. It won't be zero, not from a big messy gas system | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 6:39 | comment | added | Nic | Fantastic answer. Thank you. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 6:38 | vote | accept | Nic | ||
| Nov 22, 2019 at 3:01 | history | answered | LShaver♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |