SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): A new report published by leading non-profit Energy Vision has outlined the immense potentials of advanced technology in reducing methane emissions at U.S. landfills.

The Energy Vision report suggests three ways to achieve landfill gas improvements. The operators could add gas collection and control systems to high-emitting landfills. Also, addition of gas collection much earlier at working faces and implementation of real-time monitoring and automated tuning systems for existing gas collection systems could also lead to significant improvement.

When compared to 2023 levels, the aforementioned actions would reduce MSW landfill emissions in the United States by 49.1%. Additionally, compared to 2023 levels, this would reduce total U.S. methane emissions by about 7.2%. On the other hand, installing real-time monitoring systems would result in an annual reduction of 22.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

In addition to the $250 million yearly cost of operations and maintenance, the estimated total capital expenditures for implementing the three options mentioned above total about $1.3 billion. However, the paper pointed out that this is far less costly than other noteworthy solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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