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LANDFILL GAS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Citation:
Thorneloe, S. LANDFILL GAS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/240 (NTIS PB94113784), 1993.
Description:
The chapter describes the relative importance of landfills to global warming and identifies the major sources of uncertainty with current emission estimates. t also provides an overview of EPA's research program on global landfill methane, including developing more reliable estimates of global landfill methane emissions, characterizing the current state of technology for controlling and utilizing landfill methane, and demonstrating innovative technologies for mitigating and utilizing landfill methane. andfills are considered a major source of methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas. ecause this source is amenable to cost effective control measures, research designed to reduce the uncertainty associated with methane emissions estimates has been given high priority. he methane can be either flared or utilized for its energy potential. andfills contribute an estimated 20-40 Tg/yr of methane.
