Over half of the trash in this landfill is decomposing organic material. Food, plants, grass and pruning waste that produces methane gas in the absence of oxygen.SOFIA YANJARIMethane is 80 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide.SOFIA YANJARIFor over 15 years, the Andean condor has been coming to the area in search of food. SOFIA YANJARI
Three of Chile's landfills are on the United Nations list of biggest methane emitters in the world. SOFIA YANJARIWaste containers from a company called KDM, at the Lomas Los Colorados landfill in Til Til, Chile.SOFIA YANJARIMethane emissions expose endemic and migratory birds to disease. SOFIA YANJARI
The reduction of methane emissions from landfills is being managed at the state level in Santiago de Chile. SOFIA YANJARIThe community that lives in Til Til coexists with the stench coming from the landfill. SOFIA YANJARIPatricio Salguero, a resident of the Montenegro area, in Chile, on May 7.SOFIA YANJARI
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