Brahmapuram is just one of some 3,000 Indian landfills overflowing with decaying waste and emitting toxic gases. Commissioned in 2008, the landfill is spread across 16 acres, ...

For example, Buenos Aires’s landfill emits about 28 tons of methane an hour, about the same as 1.5 million cars, while the Indian landfills collectively emit 20 tons per hour, equivalent to up ...

The meeting also underscored the need to establish additional biogas plants across the capital to address dairy waste ...

Nopetro Renewables is spending $40 million to build the plant at 7625 Ninth St. SW., near the Indian River County landfill. It's expected to be completed in the spring.

By Rhea Mogul, CNN Firefighters in the southern Indian city of Kochi were toiling Tuesday to control toxic fumes from spreading after a landfill burst into flames five days ago, cloaking the area ...