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EEW Energy from Waste GmbH Services
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Climate Protection
In the past, biological and chemical processes involving the biogenic proportion of residual waste on refuse dumps gave rise to climate-damaging emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane. These emissions contributed significantly to development of the greenhouse effect. A total of 1.5 million metric tons of methane were emitted from German landfills in 1990. Methane is 21 times more climate-damaging than carbon dioxide. Emissions were reduced to 0.5 ...