Estimates of solid waste disposal rates and reduction targets for landfill gas emissions

Jon T. Powell (), Timothy G. Townsend and Julie B. Zimmerman
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Jon T. Powell: Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, USA
Timothy G. Townsend: University of Florida, PO Box 116450
Julie B. Zimmerman: Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, USA

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 162-165

Abstract: Landfill disposal of solid waste is one of the largest sources of methane emissions. Analysis of gas collection systems at more than 850 US landfill sites suggests that emissions have been underestimated by as much as 140 million tonnes per year.

Date: 2016
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