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Landfills in the US are now esentially very large plastic bags. The problem is when the trash decays it produces methane (and other gasses), and having flamabl
by acomjean 12y ago
Landfills in the US are now esentially very large plastic bags.
The problem is when the trash decays it produces methane (and other gasses), and having flamable gas in an many acre bag is bad.. So there are vents and the methane is captured. This is captured and piped to burn off. There are claims of generating power but the amount I've seen is not significant.
- g8oz 12y agoLandfill gas generation is quite significant. In the U.S alone as of 2013, 621 LFG projects were operational producing 1,978 MW. Another 850 MW worth of projects are candidates. See http://www.epa.gov/lmop/documents/pdfs/overview.pdf http://www.epa.gov/lmop/documents/pdfs/overview.pdf