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Gas production from landfill

Graph of Gas production from landfill.

Microorganisms decompose landfill organic waste. The composition of the gas produced changes over time. There are two main environmental processes producing gas in a landfill. The first is aerobic respiration, and as time increases, this changes to anaerobic respiration.

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