Climate Solutions: Landfills
Organic matter responds to low-oxygen environments in a particular way, and one such location is the landfills we rely on for waste disposal. As organic matter builds up in these settings, it decomposes and converts to methane that escapes into the atmosphere, accounting for 1.9 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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"We can feed black soldier flies straight, dirty trash," says a team that's working to turn insects into landfill-clearing biomanufacturing machines that turn regular, dangerous or contaminated garbage into a range of high-value products. -
A Canadian company plans to convert the city of Edmonton's municipal waste into usable ethanol.