Figure 3 background data - Solid waste disposal

Annual deposited CH4 potential

Annual gross CH4 emission

Collected CH4 for energy production

Annual net CH4 emission, after oxidation

 

kt CH4

kt CH4

kt CH4

kt CH4

1990

52.0

51.0

0.5

45.4

1991

46.5

50.7

0.7

45.0

1992

41.0

50.1

1.5

43.8

1993

35.5

49.1

1.8

42.5

1994

30.0

47.7

4.7

38.7

1995

30.1

46.0

7.6

34.6

1996

28.5

44.6

8.3

32.6

1997

24.5

43.2

11.4

28.6

1998

25.7

41.5

13.5

25.3

1999

26.0

40.1

11.7

25.5

2000

23.5

38.9

11.3

24.9

2001

11.1

37.5

10.2

24.6

2002

7.2

35.3

11.4

21.4

2003

4.3

32.9

8.1

22.3

2004

3.1

30.6

11.3

17.4

2005

2.7

28.3

9.9

16.6

2006

3.4

26.3

5.6

18.6

2007

4.7

24.5

5.5

17.1

2008

2.7

23.0

5.0

16.3

2009

1.5

21.5

4.8

15.1

2010

4.5

20.0

5.7

12.9

2011

7.8

19.0

3.9

13.6

2012

5.3

18.4

3.7

13.2

2013

4.1

17.5

4.0

12.2

2014

4.8

16.6

3.2

12.0

2015

3.5

15.8

3.2

11.4

2016

4.4

15.0

3.6

10.3

2017

4.0

14.3

3.5

9.7

2018

4.3

13.6

3.1

9.5

2019

4.5

13.1

3.0

9.1

2020

2.9

12.6

2.5

9.1

2021

3.8

11.9

2.5

8.4

2022

3.2

11.4

2.4

8.1

2023

3.4

10.9

2.1

7.8

2024

3.0

10.4

2.0

7.6

Updated: 25/2-2026