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... and the rest generated by incinerating waste (which produces far less carbon than piling it up in dumps)

Anybody care to explain how is that possible?




Methane.


Methane can be captured and used as fuel for power generation, as many modern landfills do.


Or the waste could simply be burned, without an intermediate "rotting-in-the-ground" phase.




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