Landfill Methane Emissions

Authors

Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Universiti Sains MalaysiaFollow
Nor Azalina Rosli, Universiti Malaysia SarawakFollow
Yung-Tse Hung, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Books

Publication Date

5-19-2020

Publication Title

Handbook of Environment and Waste Management - Volume 3: Acid Rain and Greenhouse Gas Pollution Control

Abstract

Methane is a shorter lifetime potent gas (9–15 years) with a high global warming potential due to a strong molar absorption coefficient. As the concentrations in the atmosphere increased due to uncontrolled anthropogenic methane production, it has become more long-lived and causes damages by creating an imbalance between methane emissions and removals. This chapter discusses about methane gas (characteristics and sources), methane generation in landfills (anaerobic decomposition process, source of methane in landfills, and methane reduction),methane emissions (mechanisms and factors influencing the mechanisms), methane in the atmosphere (methane sink and removal), and the impact of methane emissions.

Recommended Citation

Aziz, H. A., Rosli, N. A., & Hung, Y.-T. (2020). Landfill Methane Emissions. In HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT: Acid Rain and Greenhouse Gas Pollution Control (pp. 397-454), May 2020.

DOI

10.1142/9789811207136_0011

Volume

3