Tag: Managing Solid Waste

Global Methane Initiative—A Trash to Treasure Story, Part 2

Global Methane Initiative—A Trash to Treasure Story, Part 2   The United States is a very active partner in the GMI and in keeping with the original targeted areas of focus, has created four voluntary industry programs to address methane as an emission and as an energy source. Here is a look at the programs […]

Global Methane Initiative—A Trash to Treasure Story

Global Methane Initiative—A Trash to Treasure Story, Part 1   According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), methane “accounts for 14 percent of global GHG emissions with an estimated 7,196 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2E) of anthropogenic [manmade] emissions in 2010.” Although methane is emitted in smaller quantities than carbon dioxide (CO2) […]