Methane Emission from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

I. E. Terent’eva, A. F. Sabrekov, M. V. Glagolev, and O. R. Kotsyurbenko

Methane fluxes from municipal solid waste landfills in Surgut and Khanty-Mansiysk are assessed in August 2015 by the inverse modeling method. It is revealed that the methane flux values vary from 0.3 to 5.8 g CH4/(m2 hour). The highest value of the methane flux is typical of a landfill that is currently used for the waste disposal and is not covered with the soil layer, whereas the lowest value was obtained for a closed small-capacity landfill covered with soil and vegetation.