{"id":251348,"date":"2024-05-20T18:08:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:44:16","slug":"landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Key Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are 2,600 landfills for municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>The average person generates 4.9 pounds of MSW each day, and by 2050 global waste generation is expected to increase by 73% from 2020 levels.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Modern sanitary landfills are not merely open repositories for waste, but have many complex components, including a composite liner, collection systems for methane and leachate, and environmental monitoring systems.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In the absence of light, oxygen and the necessary bacteria, it can take decades for food to break down completely in a landfill, producing methane as it slowly decomposes.<\/li>\n<li>Landfills are the third largest source of methane \u2014 a greenhouse gas that\u2019s 25% more potent than CO2 \u2014 emissions in the U.S.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In 2018, 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris were generated, which is more than twice the amount&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Key Facts There are 2,600 landfills for municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S. The average person generates 4.9 pounds of MSW each day, and by 2050 global waste generation is expected to increase by 73% from 2020 levels.\u00a0 Modern sanitary landfills are not merely open repositories for waste, but have many complex components, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":251349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quick Key Facts There are 2,600 landfills for municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S. The average person generates 4.9 pounds of MSW each day, and by 2050 global waste generation is expected to increase by 73% from 2020 levels.\u00a0 Modern sanitary landfills are not merely open repositories for waste, but have many complex components, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Republic of Green News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brookhaven-landfill.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"901\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EcoWatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EcoWatch\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"EcoWatch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73abdc411dcda53b476d7df53ee98f3f\"},\"headline\":\"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/\"},\"wordCount\":149,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Environment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html\",\"name\":\"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know - Republic of Green News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\",\"name\":\"Republic of Green News\",\"description\":\"News about environmental movers &amp; shakers creating a positive impact\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Republic of Green News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png\",\"width\":1634,\"height\":293,\"caption\":\"Republic of Green News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73abdc411dcda53b476d7df53ee98f3f\",\"name\":\"EcoWatch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ecowatch-300x300-1-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ecowatch-300x300-1-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"EcoWatch\"},\"description\":\"EcoWatch is a community of experts publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions for a healthier planet and life.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/author\/ecowatch\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know - Republic of Green News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know","og_description":"Quick Key Facts There are 2,600 landfills for municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S. The average person generates 4.9 pounds of MSW each day, and by 2050 global waste generation is expected to increase by 73% from 2020 levels.\u00a0 Modern sanitary landfills are not merely open repositories for waste, but have many complex components, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html","og_site_name":"Republic of Green News","article_published_time":"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":901,"url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brookhaven-landfill.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"EcoWatch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EcoWatch","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"author":{"name":"EcoWatch","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73abdc411dcda53b476d7df53ee98f3f"},"headline":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know","datePublished":"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"wordCount":149,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Environment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/landfills-101-everything-you-need-to-know\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html","name":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know - Republic of Green News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-05-20T18:08:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-20T18:44:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/landfills-facts-ecowatch.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Landfills 101: Everything You Need to Know"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/","name":"Republic of Green News","description":"News about environmental movers &amp; shakers creating a positive impact","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization","name":"Republic of Green News","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png","width":1634,"height":293,"caption":"Republic of Green News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73abdc411dcda53b476d7df53ee98f3f","name":"EcoWatch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ecowatch-300x300-1-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ecowatch-300x300-1-150x150.jpg","caption":"EcoWatch"},"description":"EcoWatch is a community of experts publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions for a healthier planet and life.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com"],"url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/author\/ecowatch\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251350,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251348\/revisions\/251350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}