America’s landfills—and the environmental havoc they create—are sizable. There are roughly 1,200 landfills currently in operation, and on average, each one takes up about 600 acres of land, the ...
Ami investigates how landfills break down waste and how we can rethink what we throw away. What happens to our trash after it’s thrown away? Ami explores how landfills break down waste and how organic ...
Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. We talk a lot about CO2 as a greenhouse gas and for good reason. Billions of metric tons of it go into the atmosphere every year, creating ...
Editor’s note: The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission on Dec. 18 approved new regulations to reduce methane emissions from landfills in Colorado. Denver and WM, one of the nation’s largest waste ...