Collaborative Emission Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Municipal Solid Waste (msw) Management-Case Study of Tianjin

The Chinese government is committed to ensuring separation of municipal solid waste (MSW), promoting the integrated development of the MSW management system with the renewable resource recovery system, and achieving construction of ecological civilization. Guided by the methods in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under five waste disposal scenarios in Beijing under the life cycle framework were assessed in this research. The study included collection and transportation, as well as three end disposal methods (sanitary landfill, incineration, and composting), and the emission reduction benefits of electricity generation from incineration and recycling of renewable resources were taken into account. The results show that an emission reduction benefit of 70.82% could be achieved under Scenario 5 in which kitchen waste and recyclables are sorted and recycled and the residue is incinerated, and the selection of the optimal strategy was not affected by changes in the separation rate. In addition, landfill would emit more GHG than incineration and composting. The results of this study are helpful for the government to make a decision on MSW management considering the goal of GHG emission reduction.

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The relationship between municipal solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions: Evidence from Switzerland

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2020.05.033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 113 ◽

pp. 508-520 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Cosimo Magazzino ◽

Marco Mele ◽

Nicolas Schneider

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

The Relationship

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Greenhouse gas contribution of municipal solid waste collection: A case study in the city of Istanbul, Turkey

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x17744656 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 131-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nafiz E Korkut ◽

Cevat Yaman ◽

Yusuf Küçükağa ◽

Megan K Jaunich ◽

İbrahim Demir

Keyword(s):

Global Warming ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Fuel Consumption ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Solid Waste Collection ◽

Transfer Stations

This article estimates greenhouse gas emissions and global warming factors resulting from collection of municipal solid waste to the transfer stations or landfills in Istanbul for the year of 2015. The aim of this study is to quantify and compare diesel fuel consumption and estimate the greenhouse gas emissions and global warming factors associated with municipal solid waste collection of the 39 districts of Istanbul. Each district’s greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the provision and combustion of diesel fuel was estimated by considering the number of collection trips and distances to municipal solid waste facilities. The estimated greenhouse gases and global warming factors for the districts varied from 61.2 to 2759.1 t CO2-eq and from 4.60 to 15.20 kg CO2-eq t-1, respectively. The total greenhouse gas emission was estimated as 46.4E3 t CO2-eq. Lastly, the collection data from the districts was used to parameterise a collection model that can be used to estimate fuel consumption associated with municipal solid waste collection. This mechanistic model can then be used to predict future fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with municipal solid waste collection based on projected population, waste generation, and distance to transfer stations and landfills. The greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by decreasing the trip numbers and trip distances, building more transfer stations around the city, and making sure that the collection trucks are full in each trip.

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