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Key Objective: 6.3 Methane Capture at Landfill

The 2015 iCAP chapter 6, objective 3 is "Utilize landfills with methane capture."

Associated Metric

No metric specified for this objective

Explanation

According to the U.S. EPA, a landfill gas recovery energy project captures “roughly 60 to 90% of the methane emitted from the landfill, depending on system design and effectiveness.”  Also, carbon dioxide is emitted from electricity generation using landfill gas as well as trucking waste to landfills. [1]  Campus could utilize landfills that effectively incorporate methane capture equipment and low-emissions trucks.

 

[1] U.S. EPA, “Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Basic Information – It directly reduces greenhouse gas emissions” http://www.epa.gov/methane/lmop/basic-info/index.html.  

 

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Project History

  • 10/14/2022
    From: David Bryant <david.bryant@gflenv.com>Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 12:21 PMTo: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>Subject: Clinton Landfill Methane Daphne, Clinton Landfill currently has a 3rd party electrical...
  • 3/15/2017
    At the PWR SWAT Team meeting on March 15th, the team debated over the message in the new Ethics Compliance Message concerning recycling standards and rules. The team decided that two videos should be created, one with base instructions for recycling...