'Landfills not only contribute to climate change, but they disproportionately impact low-income neighborhoods and communities of color forced to live near dumps,' says EnviroIntegrity's Leah Kelly, co-author of a new report on methane from landfills.
"Landfills not only contribute to climate change, but they disproportionately impact low-income neighborhoods and communities of color forced to live near dumps," said the co-author of a new report.Methane emissions from U.S. municipal landfills—collectively, one of the nation's largest sources of the planet-heating greenhouse gas—could be reduced if the Environmental Protection Agency enacted"strong new regulations," a report released Thursday argues.
EIP also found that"municipal waste landfills are often located in communities where residents are people of color or have lower incomes." EIP ranked the 10 leading methane-emitting landfills in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available. Sampson County Landfill in Roseboro, North Carolina tops the list with 32,983 metric tons of methane released—more than 10 times the average landfill.
;“#Foodwaste=18% of human-derived methane emissions. \n\nBut these #emissions are simple to reduce dramatically. Composting food=up to 84 percent less greenhouse gas emissions coming from landfills!\n#wastemanagement #ccac2023 #CCAC #methane #foodwaste\n\nhttps://t.co/cCjDYXQPKu;”In order to tackle methane pollution from landfills, the report recommends:
EPA should improve reporting requirements for landfills across the U.S. and establish a uniform method for estimating emissions from dumps;
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