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Overview Document

 

Landfill Gas Overview

Click here to download "Landfill gas Overview" - a word document which provides general background information on landfill gas including:

  • How landfill gas is produced (simple chemistry);
  • Factors affecting Landfill Gas (LFG) production, and the sequence of LFG generation;
  • Landfill Gas Behaviour;
  • How far can landfill gas migrate?
  • How does landfill gas enter buildings?

This document is suitable for students, and training courses and expands upon the information contained in the FAQs page.

Monitoring a gas well at a landfill site.

 

 

 

 

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"UK (DEFRA) data indicate that methane from landfills accounts for 27% of the nations global warming potential in the UK. As such, landfill gas emissions need to be controlled and minimised."
Landfill biofilter research cells at Betton Abbotts Landfill.