scholarly journals CLIMATE PROTECTION POTENTIAL OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Clausen ◽  
Thomas Pretz
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Gas Emissions

In order to comply with the EU landfill directive (Bosnia and Herzegovina is a potential candidate for a membership in the European Union) and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as to save important resources, mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste is a promising waste treatment option compared to open dumping and in particular large size landfilling. Mechanical biological waste treatment shows high potential to reduce direct GHG emissions through avoiding methane generation in landfills. Besides, indirect GHG can be reduced by replacing primary products or fossil energy by recycling products and renewable energy, which are less greenhouse gas emission intensive. Key words: municipal solid waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, mechanical-biological treatment, landfill gas, material recovery.

scholarly journals Municipal solid waste management in Russia: potentials of climate change mitigation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wünsch ◽  
A. Tsybina
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Basic Scenario ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe goal of this study was to assess the impact of the introduction of various waste management methods on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from these activities. The assessment was carried out on the example of the Russian waste management sector. For this purpose, three scenarios had been elaborated for the development of the Russian waste management sector: Basic scenario, Reactive scenario and Innovative scenario. For each of the scenarios, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated during waste management was calculated. The calculation was based on the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The results of the greenhouse gas net emissions calculation are as follows: 64 Mt CO2-eq./a for the basic scenario, 12.8 Mt CO2-eq./a for the reactive scenario, and 3.7 Mt CO2-eq./a for the innovative scenario. An assessment was made of the impact of the introduction of various waste treatment technologies on the amounts of greenhouse gas emissions generated in the waste management sector. An important factor influencing the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from landfills is the recovery and thermal utilization of 60% of the generated landfill gas. The introduction of a separate collection system that allows to separately collect 20% of the total amount of generated municipal solid waste along with twofold increase in the share of incinerated waste leads to a more than threefold reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions from the waste management sector.

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