Sentences with phrase «emitted by a landfill»

But despite growing awareness about the greenhouse gases emitted by landfills and the energy consumed in transporting garbage, the state's recycling rate has leveled off over the past decade and may have even dropped because of inconsistent programs from one community to the next, state officials said.

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The EPA estimates that methane accounts for about 9 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Landfills are the third - largest source of methane emitted by humans in the U.S. behind oil and gas production, and livestock.

About 40 percent of methane is emitted into the atmosphere by natural sources like wetlands and termites, with the rest coming from human activities like cattle breeding, rice growing, fossil fuel exploitation, landfills and biomass burning.

Approximately 40 percent of methane is emitted into the atmosphere by natural sources (e.g., wetlands and termites), and about 60 percent comes from human activities like cattle breeding, rice agriculture, fossil fuel exploitation, landfills and biomass burning.

- A vegetable greenhouse operation will use the carbon dioxide emitted by burning landfill gases to spur the growth of plants.