[USCC] Landfill

Wed Dec 31 10:09:14 CST 2008

Myron, Maureen,

This issue is covered in a recent article in Environmental Science &  
Technology magazine:

Is Converting Landfill Gas to Energy the Best Option? by Janet  
Pelley.   Click on Full Text:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es803266t

It attempts to show a balanced view of the situation, and includes  
links to other resources for data (like Jeffery Morris's Env.  
Benefits Calculator, which shows the life cycle costs of different  
methods of disposal, with composting being the best option).

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On Dec 31, 2008, at 10:46 AM, hirschsys at aol.com wrote:

> The publicly ran composting site in Sioux City Iowa.? The yard  
> trimmings are going to a landfill in Nebraska.?
> It nearly happened in DesMoines a few years ago?but was stopped? 
> with a veto of the legislation by the governor.
> Myron H
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maureen Reilly <maureen.reilly at sympatico.ca>
> To: compost at mailman.cloudnet.com
> Sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 9:14 am
> Subject: Re: [USCC] Landfill
>
>
>
>
>
> Which composting facilities have closed because clippings were  
> allowed back
> into landfill?
> I am unaware of any instances of this.  Can anyone cite an instance  
> where
> this has happened?
>
> Maureen Reilly
>
>
>> From: hirschsys at aol.com
>> Reply-To: Compost Discussion List <compost at mailman.cloudnet.com>
>> To: compost at mailman.cloudnet.com
>> Subject: [USCC] Landfill
>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:21:33 -0500
>>
>>
>> For future discusions:
>>
>> As active landfills put in gas collection systems they sometimes  
>> claim to
>> now be a recycling option because they capture?some of the  
>> methane.? This
>> has actually caused the closing of some good composting operations  
>> due to
>> yard trimmings being diverted back into landfills.
>>
>> Does someone have the?statistics on this subject?? Estimates of  
>> the carbon
>> going into a landfill would be fairly?easy to calculate, the captured
>> methane coming out is measureable.? An estimate of how long a  
>> landfill will
>> continue to produce is? available so therefore an efficiency  
>> should?have
>> been calculated.? I am sure it has , I just don't remember it.
>>
>> Could someone from the compost?group help me on this.???
>>
>> Thank you
>> Myron Hirschman?
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