Eli5, Why do landfills merely burn off ex bytra gas into flames, why can’t they generate electricity or something with that gas?

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Eli5, Why do landfills merely burn off ex bytra gas into flames, why can’t they generate electricity or something with that gas?

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Some do. I live in a 400,000 person city and the dump generates about $2,500,000 of electricity a year. The plant is now at capacity and needs upgrades, but hard to justify for the amount of money it produces.

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