"Most people think landfills are awful, but they could be effective storage sites for carbon, reducing the impacts of waste on climate change. **When trash decomposes it emits CO2 and methane, an even stronger greenhouse gas**. This is obviously bad for the climate. Well-managed landfills can slow or even halt this decomposition process by cutting off the oxygen supply. This stops CO2 or methane from being emitted: the carbon stays in the landfilled material instead. ([Location 4058](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=4058))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[landfill]], [[waste-to-energy]], [[pollution]], [[food-waste]], [[emissions]], [[climate-change]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]