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Landfills typically release methane, which is a greenhouse gas produced from rotting organic matter, like food scraps and garden waste. Methane is a greenhouse gas twenty-one times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt can contribute to it. Greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide are generated as the trash in landfills break down.
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∙ 12y agosome of the trash in the landfill will breakdown into methane and carbon dioxide and release it into the atomsphere and they are greenhouse gases that keep in the heat.
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