Methane, a greenhouse gas that’s more powerful than carbon dioxide over its first 20 years in the atmosphere, is released from landfills by decomposing organic material like food scraps, cardboard, ...

In 38 states, landfills are the largest source of methane emissions. Reducing atmospheric concentrations of this powerful greenhouse gas is a top priority for climate action. California has set the ...

Our landfills are much bigger climate change drivers than we previously believed, a new study has shown. In the paper, researchers argue that decades of buried trash is now releasing tons of methane ...

The United States now has hundreds of installations on closed landfills, though the remaining sites may be limited by ...

Tennessee’s slow uptake of recycling costs the state in economic opportunity according to the state’s newly formed Solid ...

Landfills are going to be here forever, so we'd better take care of them. That's the core idea that Dan Zinnen operates on. “A concept I'm trying to hopefully share with everyone at the district, and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contaminated liquids erupt onto the surface of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic in November 2023. (South Coast Air Quality ...

Dirty, smelly built-up land with tractors moving across acres of trash and vultures flying above: That’s the picture of a landfill. For decades, adding landfill space has been left out of the public ...

This aerial map shows the city officials’ choice for the site of Oahu’s next landifill, pending approvals. The city contends a new landfill on Oahu is necessary, allowing it to continue to handle the ...

Any climate action plan that wants to quickly turn the tide of global warming has to tackle methane, which traps orders of magnitude more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide in the first years ...