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Biocovers for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation from Landfills
Creating a Natural Solution to Landfill Methane Funded through Round 9: Biological Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management in 2015, this project tested a new type of landfill cover that naturally reduces methane emissions and prevents rainwater from getting into the waste. The results showed that this new cover works as well or better than traditional clay…
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Air injection into Ft.Mac landfill to encourage CH4 to CO2 conversion
Reducing Methane Emissions by Injecting Oxygen into Landfills Funded through Round 5: SMEs only in 2012, the Fort McMurray Landfill Aerobic Bioreactor project aimed to show how injecting air into old landfill waste could dramatically cut methane emissions and speed up site stabilization. Although the system was sadly destroyed by the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire…
