This SCS Engineers technical bulletin, LANDFILL METHANE REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS IN CANADA, provides an overview of Canada’s Landfill Methane Regulation (SOR/2025-279), which aims to reduce methane emissions from landfills through performance-based approaches that require monitoring, reporting, and compliance with specific thresholds.
The regulation is part of Canada’s broader climate strategy and is designed to significantly reduce methane emissions, which are a potent greenhouse gas.
The regulation took effect on December 31, 2025, and will introduce new obligations for both open and closed landfills over the next decade.
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