Putting a green cap on garbage dumps

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Description Click to Edit: Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as "phytocapping" could reduce the production and release of these gases, according to Australian scientists' writing in a forthcoming issue of International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management.

Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as "phytocapping" could reduce the production and release of these gases, according to Australian scientists' writing in a forthcoming issue of International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management.

Original URL Click to Edit: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/ip-pag112408.php

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