☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoLandfills leak methane with impunity, new research showsgrist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkLandfills leak methane with impunity, new research showsgrist.org☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareCarsAndComrades [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIn college I worked on a project studying this. You can run a generator off the methane but it requires filtering, which makes it less profitable, so most landfills and waste treatment plants just burn off the gas with a flare.
In college I worked on a project studying this. You can run a generator off the methane but it requires filtering, which makes it less profitable, so most landfills and waste treatment plants just burn off the gas with a flare.