Hillsborough landfill turns waste into natural gas. Advocates say it’s not a silver bullet

You may not think much about your garbage after throwing it away, but as it decomposes at a dump, it releases climate-warming gases like methane and carbon dioxide. Hillsborough County’s landfill in Lithia accepts more than 400,000 tons of waste annually, and it actually harnesses some of these gases to power operations there. Damien Tramel, Hillsb...