Focus Areas
Focus Areas
The initial focus of CLEAR working group is the utilization of natural biological processes to reduce the emissions of methane and non-methane organic compounds (NMOCs).
A second focus will be on improved
methodologies to measure and model landfill gas emissions. Group members
have already begun to compile common methodologies and develop
recommendations for new and developing techniques, so that data can be compared among laboratories and
experimental systems. Currently, a common database is being set up. This
CLEAR-database will summarize the international efforts and results on
methane emissions and oxidation research.
As research efforts are coordinated and new results are generated, the group can begin to serve as a clearinghouse and point of contact for those seeking information about measurement, modeling, and mitigation of landfill gas emissions. Landfill operators, legislators, industry groups, and citizen groups will be able to access information through contact with CLEAR.
Furthermore, collaborations from
within the group will be published in
international journals, so that ready access to information will be
available to the research community. Some of the research topics that
are being addressed by CLEAR members
include:
• landfill
gas generation and emissions,
• control
and mitigation strategies for LFG-emissions,
• prediction and modeling on a regional, national and
global basis,
• contribution of landfill methane to the greenhouse
effect and climate
change,
• microbial
methane oxidation,
• biodegradation of other NMOCs, in landfill cover soils.
Updated September 17, 2009