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The problems of waste management have long ago moved into the category of global problems, requiring new approaches to their solution. Perhaps the most threatening problem is the fight against methane emissions, since methane is not only a powerful greenhouse gas, but also a local pollutant. It forms secondary ground-level ozone, which causes many diseases, for instance, asthma and contributes to smog. In summer, methane emissions can even spontaneously combust. The decomposition of household waste is the third largest source of methane emissions to the atmosphere; this greenhouse gas is 86 times more potent than CO2. Controlling methane emissions is critical to achieving climate goals and is a priority to limit global warming.