{"id":185,"date":"2013-05-16T11:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T15:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/grg\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:21:49","slug":"biocover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/grg\/projects\/biocover\/","title":{"rendered":"Biocover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Biocover\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Minimizing greenhouse gas emission from landfills using biocovers<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent changes to the Earth\u2019s climate are currently believed to be associated with changes in the composition of the atmosphere. This change is mostly attributed to anthropogenic activities that generate greenhouse gases (GHG). Methane (CH<sub>4<\/sub>) is one of the largest greenhouse gas contributors to the climate change. Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are considered as one of the major sources of anthropogenic methane emission, accounting for up to approximately 35% of the man-made methane emission in North America. &nbsp;Many landfills, especially in cold regions, do not produce enough gas to support conventional gas collection and treatment system (LFG). For example, the City of Ottawa has over 80 closed landfills, without any LFG collection system, ranging from small demolition sites to municipal solid waste landfills. These landfills still generate methane and other greenhouse gases, which contribute to climate change and also pose potential health and safety concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project aims to investigate the efficiency of biocover (i.e., a biologically active interim cover consisting of yard waste compost) in mitigating emissions of methane relative to conventional soil covers in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/grg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/Biocover.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/grg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/Biocover-400x206.png\" alt=\"Biocover\" class=\"wp-image-187\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimizing greenhouse gas emission from landfills using biocovers Recent changes to the Earth\u2019s climate are currently believed to be associated with changes in the composition of the atmosphere. This change is mostly attributed to anthropogenic activities that generate greenhouse gases (GHG). Methane (CH4) is one of the largest greenhouse gas contributors to the climate change. 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