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Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: A Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Global Data

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Mitigation of global climate impacts from landfilling of municipal solid waste (MSW) requires a broad understanding of the multitude of factors influencing gas generation and subsequent emissions. Despite recent advances in both measurement and prediction of emissions of gas from MSW landfills, there have been few efforts to collectively gather, analyze, and interpret global gas emissions data. Therefore, a comprehensive review and analysis of literature data was performed herein to document landfill gas generation, composition, emissions, and factors influencing emissions from MSW landfills on a global basis. In particular, global methane, nitrous oxide, and non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC) flux measurement data were compiled to summarize and compare the data according to continent, country, climate, and landfill operational practices. Compiled fluxes were highest for methane (− 4.50 × 101 to 4.15 × 104 g/m2 day), followed by nitrous oxide (− 2.50 × 10–3 to 3.75 × 101 g/m2 day), and NMVOCs (− 2.00 × 10–3 to 7.32 × 10–1 g/m2 day). Among the NMVOCs surveyed, measured fluxes of oxygenated compounds, including alcohols and ketones were highest, ranging from − 1.81 × 10–5 to 2.20 × 10–2 g/m2 day. In addition, fluxes of the aromatics, alkanes, reduced sulfur compounds, and F-gases were consistently high. Flux generally increased with increasing organics content of the waste mass, decreasing cover thickness, and increasing average air temperature. Lower fluxes of landfill gases were obtained in dry climates. Both developed and developing countries were responsible for high fluxes. While methane is the main gas of concern in greenhouse gas investigations, consistent and considerable measurement of nitrous oxide and NMVOC releases from landfills globally indicate the potential for high contributions from trace gas species to whole-site landfill gas emissions. The trace gas contributions become particularly significant when emissions are converted to CO2-equivalents. Overall results of this literature review can be used to verify initial estimates of national inventory models and as baseline data to inform future strategies focused on managing global greenhouse gas and NMVOC emissions from MSW landfills.

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Manheim, D.C., Yeşiller, N. & Hanson, J.L. Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: A Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Global Data. J Indian Inst Sci 101, 625–657 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41745-021-00234-4

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