Promoting Consumer Awareness to Recycling through the RECYCLE Act
The US Senate has passed a new bill that will require the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a consumer recycling education and outreach program. The aim of the newly introduced Act, known as the ‘‘Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education Act of 2021’’ or by its acronym, the […]
EPA Takes Steps to Reduce Methane Emissions from Landfills
Early this year, the US Environmental Protection Agency implemented a rule introduced in 2016 by the Obama administration that lowers the threshold at which landfills are required to install methane collection systems. The implementation of the rule will require an additional 93 landfills across the country to install landfill gas collection systems and will help to curb […]
When Capturing Methane from Landfills, Efficiency is Key
Methane from landfills is one of the top three human sources of this potent greenhouse gas. Capturing methane produced by rotting waste on a landfill could help slow climate change. Yet this is not necessarily a simple task. It involves installing a complex network of gas collection pipes and wells, which need to be constantly […]
Aerial observation of landfills pinpoint methane ‘super emitters’
Methane-sensing satellites will be used to identify landfills that emit large amounts of methane in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions from these sources. Landfills have been acknowledged as one of the largest anthropogenic contributors of climate-warming methane to the atmosphere. However, aerial monitoring conducted by airplane flights and orbiting satellites could provide […]
Three of the highest methane-emitting landfills located in central Florida
The highest point of Orlando’s Orange County landfill is 140 feet high. When one stands on top of this mountain of refuse, you look down on the city of Orlando, including its high-rise buildings and the runways of the Orlando International Airport. The cooling towers of Stanton Energy Center — which provides power to […]
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