“The legislation also calls for efforts that would significantly increase composting in order to eliminate the amount of food waste in landfills. Food waste releases methane when it breaks down.”
Real brain surgeons here. Wouldn’t the methane be the same whether it decomposes in my compost pile or the landfills?
They are going to make cows wear fart sacks on their butts....
“Wouldn’t the methane be the same whether it decomposes in my compost pile or the landfills?”
No the landfill methane is sequestered and can be used to power a gas turbine generator but the compost methane is free to move about the atmosphere.
Compost may be aerobic, landfill may be anaerobic.
That could make the difference.
yes but you will have to have a composting permit with insurance