Recently I became aware of information being circulated in the county through social media and emails that questions the safety of the Vernon County landfill. Since I was instrumental in
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According to the EPA, Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSW) were the third largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S. MSW landfills accounted for nearly 15% of emissions in 2020.
What happens to all of that trash you put on the curb every week? It doesn't just disappear into a parallel universe. Much of it probably goes to the local landfill, and how it gets handled there is a very involved system.