Oregon landfills would have to improve methane monitoring and reporting under a bill being considered by the state Legislature. Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, introduced the bill in response to ...

A review paper published in the journal Science of The Total Environment comprehensively explored the advancement in using drones to monitor methane (CH 4) emissions from landfills over the past ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s method of detecting methane leaks at landfills is flawed, and emissions of this powerful heat-trapping gas are likely much higher than what is being reported ...

On May 13th, the Washington State Department of Ecology announced a new methane emission rule (Chapter 173-408 WAC) for active and closed solid waste (MSW) landfills in their state. All affected ...

The new regulation adopts several new rules designed to tighten emissions monitoring and reduction, including the approval of ...

Landfills are a large driver of the climate crisis due to their high methane leaks. A recent study found methane emissions from landfills were 40% higher than reported. Advanced methods like remote ...

From a climate action perspective, addressing methane is the fastest thing we can do to affect climate change right now,” says a deputy director at Colorado’s Air Pollution Control ...

Ever wonder where your trash goes after you set the bin out in front of your house every week? A garbage truck picks up the trash from the bins and takes it to a transfer station where larger trucks ...

North Carolina’s largest landfill intends to take steps to prevent contamination of nearby communities and stem greenhouse gas pollution, the result of an agreement with a Sampson County environmental ...

Last month, Tom Koutroulis, director of Orange County Waste & Recycling, signed off on a grant request that he hopes could fundamentally change how America handles one of the oldest but least ...

For decades, burying waste in a landfill has been the answer to much of Houston’s trash. However, over time, concerns over methane pollution and impact on the community has pushed local governments to ...