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The aim of this study is to find the most appropriate composition of the biocover in which filling material waste is used. In laboratory conditions, an experiment was conducted that studied the effectiveness of the biocover developed in the laboratory. Three experimental columns were created at a height of 160 mm and 1500 mm. A active compost saturated with water at a thickness of 500 mm was used as a source of methane, a permeable layer of sand at a thickness of 300 mm was further formed and finally covered with biocover. The biocover was composed of 60% of fine fraction waste, 20% soil and 20% compost, of the total volume. The experiment was created on 6 June 2022 and the first measurements were made two weeks later with CRDS equipment Picarro G2508. Measurements were made weekly for 4 months. The results of the study show that methane is released more forcefully after the first two months of application of the biocover. This is related to compost in the biocover, which has started to decompose actively, that methane oxidising micro-organisms develop on average after two months.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5593\/sgem2022v\/4.2\/s19.23","type":"proceedings-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,3]],"date-time":"2023-04-03T19:09:01Z","timestamp":1680548941000},"page":"183-190","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["BIOCOVER COMPOSITION IMPACT ON LANDFILL METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION"],"prefix":"10.5593","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9803-7764","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kristaps","family":"Siltumens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Environment and Civil Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Management","place":["Latvia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3220-1777","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Inga","family":"Grinfelde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Environment and Civil Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Management","place":["Latvia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sindija","family":"Liepa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Environment and Civil Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Management","place":["Latvia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elina Paula","family":"Puzule","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Latvia","place":["Latvia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0269-4790","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Juris","family":"Burlakovs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences","place":["Poland"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3602","reference":[{"key":"ref=1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"[1] Bogner J., Pipatti R., Hashimoto S., Mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions from waste: conclusions and strategies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. 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