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
U.S. Senate environment and public works committee spotlights potent methane emissions from landfills
In a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senators and expert witnesses emphasized the urgent need to address methane emissions from municipal landfills — an action advocacy and research groups continue to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to take.
epa finds “explosive levels” of methane at landfill in washington state
Environmental and safety concerns found at Washington landfill
public comment sought on draft national strategy on food waste/organics recycling
Public comments requested, deadline is February 4
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.
roundup of historic year of federal funding for organics and recycling projects
Federal one-time funding sparks job creation, recycling, food rescue and organics diversion - will Congress continue this progress?
to address caa violations, epa requires kansas landfill to do drone monitoring and better leak detection on cover - it should do the same in its air regulations
Mitigating landfill methane emissions is a top priority for EPA enforcement, yet the EPA office of air and radiation has not yet acted to improve air emissions regulations for landfills.
as cop28 concludes, chairman carper highlights cutting landfill methane emissions as opportunity for biden administration
Public pressure grows for Biden Administration to act to cut landfill methane emissions
U.s. announces new steps on waste methane at cop28
Will Biden Administration move from consideration to action on landfill methane?
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.
biden proclaims america recycles day: acknowledges disproportionate suffering from impacts of burned and buried waste
President: “Many people, especially people of color and low-income Americans, have suffered disproportionately from the damaging effects of pollution, including landfilled, dumped, or incinerated waste.”
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).
biden administration announces $100M in recycling infrastructure projects
Keeping organic waste out of landfills is the most effective strategy to stopping new methane emissions.
canada funds innovative monitoring systems to reduce emissions at landfills
The Government of Canada invests in cleaning up Canada’s landfill emissions using drone-based and other monitoring technologies.
state of pennsylvania achieves methane emissions reductions at landfills by direct remote measurement
Super emitter landfills can be detected using satellites and overflight technologies, as a State of Pennsylvania report shows.