Research and analysis

Landfill methane: measurement and metrics: supplementary report

Continues the Environment Agency’s work on measuring methane emissions from landfills

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 7 August 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Landfill methane: measurement and metrics: supplementary report: summary

Ref: RDE 436/S2

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Landfill methane: measurement and metrics: supplementary report

Ref: RDE 436/2

PDF, 3.01 MB, 158 pages

Details

This project continued the Environment Agency’s work on measuring methane emissions from landfills and investigating how those measurements could be used in regulating landfills.

We undertook additional whole site methane emission surveys, using two measurement methods, to evaluate the effectiveness of landfill gas management systems.

Published 7 August 2026