With more than two billion metric tonnes of municipal solid waste generated worldwide every year according to statista¹, innovators are beginning to consider landfill as an opportunity as opposed to a greenhouse gas (GHG) threat.
Expected to increase by around 70% by 2050 to 3.4 billion tonnes², the release of methane into the atmosphere will also increase, methane being much more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 100-year period.
However, by managing the waste and coupling it with technologies that can capture and utilise methane, the harmful gas can be used as a valuable resource whilst also having its environmental impact mitigated.
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