Landfill
topic on 5 shows · 12 statements across 11 episodes
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12 statements about Landfill, every show
Tusk: NYC municipal recycling ends up in the same landfill as trash
“As someone who worked in New York City government for a long time, it all goes in the same landfill.”
Thomas: Most wooden pallets are discarded as single-use items
“Wood pallets, theoretically, are, Multi-use items. Like you can, you should be able to use a pallet two, three, four times, but the reality is most of the time they're treated as single use items and they end up in the landfills. I mean, literally tens of thou…”
US Landfill Methane Emissions From Food Waste Far Outstrip Aviation Emissions
“10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U S comes from methane produced by landfills, which is, which are filled with food waste. It's an order of magnitude higher than what's produced by planes.”
US spends $200B annually sending recyclable waste to landfills
“Two hundred and nineteen million tons of recyclable waste enters our landfills every year. We spent over two hundred billion dollars just to send it there.”
Stahl: 24 billion shoes are made yearly; 20% dumped in landfills
“We make twenty four billion shoes every year. One out of five goes straight to the landfill.”
Weeks: Food is the single largest component of landfills at about 21%
“Food is the single largest component of landfills. It's about 21%.”
Weeks: Food is the single largest component of landfills at 21%
“Food is the single largest component of landfills. It's about 21%.”
Nicole Toole: Sending 219M tons of recyclable waste to landfills costs $200B
“Two hundred and nineteen million tons of recyclable waste enters our landfills every year. We spend over two hundred billion dollars just to send it there.”
Moffat: JPL found capped California landfills remain major methane emitters
“The Jet Propulsion Lab did, flew the landfills in California, as an example, and even though they had landfill gas capture, they still were a major emitter of methane.”
Moffat: Unsubsidized landfill RNG sells for $10 to $20 per MMBTU
“What we've seen from the revenue side or what that gas sells for, it will be anywhere from 10 dollars to 20 dollars a MMBTU is what that gas sells for in the non
LCFS RIN markets. So if this is going to utilities or voluntary buyers, typically you're seeing t…”
Food is the single largest source of material in landfills
“And just to give you some aspects, food is the single largest source of everything that's in a landfill.”
Dell: Plastic Prevents Organic Waste Decomposition in Landfills, Causing Methane Emissions
“What we actually do is we mix the plastic in with organic waste and put that in the landfill, and because there's all this plastic mixed in with the organic waste doesn't have any access to oxygen, and so it decomposes anaerobically and emits all of its carbon…”