Years ago, landfills were seen as more than repositories of refuse; they could become sources of renewable fuel.

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Landfills are a major problem for the climate: They’re the United States’ third-largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the short term. Last ...

The Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill is one of a handful of landfills in Iowa that converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas. (Photo courtesy of Bret Stephens/Loess Hills Landfill) When ...

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A truck drops off trash on the South Kent County Landfill. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

A network of pipes runs through the Cowlitz County Headquarter Landfill, siphoning up the methane gas released by the decomposing waste. The complex gas system eventually leads to two flares near the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency intends to issue a rule updating its Clean Air Act emission standards for new and existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills to cut methane and other harmful ...

Methane gas from the closed Fulton landfill is now burned to power a new $450,000 generator to create electricity. Technicians from Martin Machinery in Latham, spent Tuesday testing the big red ...

In this study, we reveal that it is not only feasible but economically viable and environmentally beneficial to use landfill gas (LFG) for digital asset compute (e.g., Bitcoin mining). To support this ...

Because the city of Hamilton owned what started as a private landfill in the 1940s, it’s on the hook for part of the remediation efforts, which could cost upwards of $400,000. Pending City Council ...