Question

The puente hills landfill in california contains about 123 million tons of landfill waste and burns lfg to produce electricity. In a typical landfill, one million tons of landfill waste emits approximately 432,000 cubic feet of lfg per day. Calculate how much lfg is emitted at the puente hills landfill per year

Answer 1

The amount of landfill gas (lfg) which is emitted at the puente hills landfill in California per year is 53136000 cubic feet of lfg.

What is lfg (landfill gas)?

Landfill gas or lfg is the which is generated by the waste present on land by the action of microorganism.

The puente hills landfill in California contains about 123 million tons of landfill waste and burns lfg to produce electricity.

In a typical landfill, one million tons of landfill waste emits approximately 432,000 cubic feet of lfg per day. Thus, the cubic feet of lfg produced from 123 million tons is,

$\text{lfg}=123\times432000\\\text{lfg}=53136000\rm; ft^3$

Thus, the amount of landfill gas (lfg) which is emitted at the puente hills landfill in California per year is 53136000 cubic feet of lfg.

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