{"id":23187,"date":"2024-10-01T21:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/?page_id=23187"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:03:48","slug":"landfill-methane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/our-programs\/zero-waste-colorado\/landfill-methane\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashing Landfill Methane Emissions in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n        #myVideo_mp4{\n        position: absolute; z-index: -99; width: 100%; height: 100%;top:0;left:0;\n    }\n    banner-image-1 iframe,\n    banner-1 iframe{\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n    }\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow {\n\t\tpadding:64% 0 0 0 !important;\n\t}\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow .banner-txt-1 {\n\t\ttop: 10%;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"banner-1 full-block large-banner   \">\n        <div class=\"mob-banner-sect lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-size: cover;height:auto;padding:56.25% 0 0 0;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Banner-Image_Methane-1.png)\">\n            <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                                                <h1> Slashing Landfill Methane Emissions in Colorado<\/h1>\n                                <h3>A statewide campaign to cut methane and its harmful impacts on communities<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-image-1 banner-image-mobile lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\"\n              data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Banner-Image_Methane.png)\">\n\n                     \n        \n<script>\n  \/\/ 2. 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We applaud the hundreds of Coloradans who provided feedback on this effort, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment&rsquo;s Air Pollution Control Division team for their collaborative and creative approach to navigating this complex topic. Eco-Cycle and our partners will continue our work to advance organic waste diversion systems across Colorado, keeping methane-generating materials out of landfills in the first place.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final regulations are the result of input from environmental organizations, Governor Polis&rsquo;s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment&rsquo;s Air Pollution Control Division, good-faith negotiations with landfill operators, and, importantly, individuals like you weighing in through public comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eco-Cycle is proud to stand with partners across Colorado&mdash;and we&rsquo;ll keep pushing for upstream solutions like organics recycling that prevent methane before it&rsquo;s created. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>We Need to Pull the Emergency Brake on Global Warming<b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landfills are a major source of methane&mdash;a potent greenhouse gas&mdash;generated when organic waste like food scraps and yard debris break down without oxygen. This invisible pollutant leaks into our atmosphere, driving global warming at an alarming rate.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackling landfill methane emissions is one of the quickest, most effective ways to slow near-term warming and reduce climate pollution. The Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) has concluded the rulemaking process to reduce landfill methane, and <\/span><b>Eco-Cycle and our allies built a statewide awareness and action campaign to encourage the state of Colorado and the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.colorado.gov\/aqcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Quality Control Commission<\/a><b> to adopt the strongest possible update to the state&rsquo;s landfill methane control requirements. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, we set a precedent for the nation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Our climate can&rsquo;t wait!&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dozens of organizations have joined our coalition and signed our letter to the CDPHE urging the state to adopt the strongest possible landfill methane control requirements.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Learn more about this issue below!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfp9eN1B7Zz1GQtLrJpJd8wMcZRMUCnmsWyRTUhvQRrjFsapg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here to receive updates and alerts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the NEW report from Industrious Labs and Healthy Air &amp; Water Colorado, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MountainousMethane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Mountainous Methane: Science and Smart Solutions for Colorado to Lead on Landfills&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factsheets in <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CO-Factsheet_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CO-Factsheet_Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Local-elected-LF-methane-final-14.pdf\">sign-on letter signed by 42 local elected officials<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the recording of our webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L39UdSAybMs&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Landfill Emission Impacts on Human and Environmental Health&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul> \n\n                <\/section>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:26%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:63%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizations Supporting This Campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-608x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26806 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-608x1024.png 608w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-768x1293.png 768w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-912x1536.png 912w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-1216x2048.png 1216w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-74x125.png 74w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Methane-Letter_March-2026-scaled.png 1520w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 608px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 608\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Methane traps heat in the atmosphere about 80 times more effectively than carbon dioxide in the short term. In the US, landfill methane emissions are equivalent to the pollution from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/lmop\/basic-information-about-landfill-gas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24 million passenger vehicles<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/dontwasteourfuture.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">74 coal plants<\/a>. Landfills also release harmful air pollutants that disproportionately impact low-income and communities of color nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We advocated for an updated rule to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Close loopholes that allow landfills to slip through the cracks.<\/strong> Lower the installation thresholds for gas collection systems to cover all MSW landfills with 200,000 metric tons of waste in place, reduce lag time in installation to less than a year, and require other measures that boost the performance of gas collection and control systems.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Raise the bar for landfill operators. <\/strong>Establish standards to minimize the size of landfills\u2019 active working faces; ensure cover integrity; reduce lag times between daily, intermediate, and final cover; and use materials like biocover that can more effectively oxidize methane.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make long-overdue technology upgrades. <\/strong>Deploy more effective monitoring approaches, such as drones and satellites, for prompt detection and mitigation of leaks. Despite broad availability and cost-effectiveness of methane-monitoring tools like drones, landfills are relying on outdated, manual monitoring practices that let untold amounts of methane go undetected. State standards should require the use of the most effective monitoring technology that makes the invisible visible.&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Encourage the diversion of organic waste from landfills to avoid new methane generation. <\/strong>Promote food waste prevention, edible food recovery, and increase access to compost programs. Use finished compost on agricultural and urban landscapes to sequester carbon and improve soil health.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the Webinar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the coalition&#8217;s webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YFgH6-zEyLM?feature=shared\">&#8220;Slashing Colorado&#8217;s Landfill Methane Emissions,&#8221;<\/a> featuring Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Climate Advisor and 13th US EPA Administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YFgH6-zEyLM?si=KKToePoW7J_bENm6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:52% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"550\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Methane_MediaandText.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23189 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Methane_MediaandText.png 500w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Methane_MediaandText-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Methane_MediaandText-114x125.png 114w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/550;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado Can Lead on Methane Reductions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The state of Colorado has already made landfill methane reduction a priority: <a href=\"https:\/\/energyoffice.colorado.gov\/climate-energy\/ghg-pollution-reduction-roadmap-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap 2.0<\/a> calls for methane reduction from landfills, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/inflation-reduction-act\/state-colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado was recently awarded a federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant<\/a> to deploy monitoring tech to find methane leaks across Colorado. The state\u2019s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.colorado.gov\/hm\/statewide-organics-mgmt-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Organics Management Plan<\/a> also highlights the need to reduce methane by keeping organic waste out of landfills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/our-programs\/composting-and-carbon-farming\/\"><em>Learn more about composting, reducing food waste, and the importance of keeping organic material out of landfills here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"full-block resource_callout_block blog_post_block   \" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\n         padding-bottom:30px;\n         margin-top: 0px;\n         margin-bottom: 0px; \">\n\n    <div class=\"full-block blog_post_block\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h2>Related Pages<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                                                \n              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