EPA rolls out over $100M in funding opportunities for recycling, organic waste
More federal funding comes online for local, Tribal and state efforts to boost recycling.
msw landfills are largest share of large industrial methane emissions in 44 states
Find out if your state’s landfills make up the largest share of large industrial point sources for the super pollutant methane.
top 50 highest methane emitting landfills
Find out if your landfill is in the top 50 highest methane emitters in the country.
while nasa study finds epa estimates of landfill emissions are underestimated, scale of underestimates beats out oil and gas, livestock and coal, epa air regs don’t touch many landfills
NASA satellite observations reveal disturbing levels of methane from U.S. landfills, yet EPA regulations to limit emissions from methane don’t even apply to many landfills.
chicago tribune reports: U.S. EPA Inspectors Find many Exceedences of methane limit, issues with gas collection and cover quality at Multiple Landfills in Illinois
Check out the Chicago Tribune’s recent coverage of the urgent issue of flawed EPA regulations of landfills, and read on for even more detail on what U.S. EPA Inspectors found at Illinois landfills.
u.s. senate hearing spotlights momentum on recycling, bipartisan bills are a Super charge opportunity
U.S. Senate committee hearing showcases bipartisan support for recycling bills. The most effective way to lower methane emissions from landfills from that waste is to stop organic waste from being landfilled, and there are solutions at our fingertips to prevent and divert organic waste from landfills.
new playbook on deploying advanced monitoring tech at landfills - epa has opportunity to act to include tech
Advanced monitoring technology to vastly improve finding and fixing potent methane emissions at landfills is available and effective! Check out this new resource that walks you through how
New study from carbon mapper & co-authored by EPA shines a light on outsized landfill emissions
A potent planet-warming gas is seeping out of U.S. landfills at rates higher than previously thought, scientists say - U.S. EPA holds pen to fix flawed regulations.
new scientific study finds landfill methane emissions monitoring and reduction is one of most cost effective options to mitigate climate change, current emissions estimates up to 200% too low
A study published in the Scientific Journal Nature, finds landfill emissions are underestimated worldwide - yet another reason for the federal government to act to abate methane emissions.
a year into implementation, keeping food and organics out of landfills is picking up speed in california
The composting market is red hot as more people and businesses keep their food and other organic waste out of landfills in California
usda sends $11.5M to almost 40 food waste reduction and composting projects
Cities and schools large and small across the nation raise their hand for catalytic federal funding to boost food waste diversion and prevention.
super emitter program and advanced monitoring tech now part of epa’s oil and gas standards - why not landfills?
The EPA tackles oil and gas emissions by deploying advanced monitoring technologies and pinpointing super emitters - why not at landfills too?
Roosevelt Landfill in washington reported five years of zero emission exceedances–but EPA inspection report tells a different story
The most troubling finding of this inspection is the night and day difference between what the Landfill reported–zero methane limit exceedences–and what the EPA found: 16 methane exceedances, many extremely high
epa finds “explosive levels” of methane at landfill in washington state
Environmental and safety concerns found at Washington landfill
how minimizing methane emissions helps reduce other harmful air toxics at landfills
Landfills all across the U.S. are causing massive amounts of global warming through methane emissions, while also impacting the health and happiness of nearby communities. Fortunately, plenty of solutions exist that can be implemented easily.
wastemap: A new web tool from rmi and catf to track and reduce global waste methane emissions
RMI and Clean Air Taskforce debut an open access online tool that provides waste methane emissions data at the country, state and city level, alongside a modeling tool for some municipalities.
slash waste emissions through federal climate pollution reduction grant program
Industrious Labs and RMI have published a new resource: Priority Climate Action Plan Guide:Organic Waste & Landfill Methane Strategies, created to support states, MSAs, Tribes and territories in achieving at-scale emissions reductions and community benefits through incorporating waste and landfill methane emissions reduction strategies, as these governments write their required Priority Climate Action Plan for the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG).