Analyze and compare the differences between landfills and compost piles. When and why these principles of solid waste management are appropriate for use to manage municipal solid waste. Include in your discussion details about the differences of microbial mechanisms, the end products of degradation, and factors that help and harm the performance of these operations. How effective is each one? Also include a few sentences about methane by-products and how they can be used as an energy source to reduce operating costs and to limit the release of very strong greenhouse gas into the environment.
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