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Paper & card ‐ n°2

Title Life cycle assessment of energy from solid waste

Year 2000
Author Finnvenden et al

Impact assessment

EDIP, USES‐LCA, Ecoindicator  99

Incineration Landfilling Recycling

Depletion of abiotic resources (MJ/ton) 482,60 ‐1987,17 ‐14194,05

Climate change (kg CO2‐eq/ton) 53,71 1342,68 ‐11,82

Cumulative enerhy demand (MJ/ton) ‐15698,62 ‐3576,90 ‐43717,67

Water consumption (m^3 )

Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)* ‐0,20 2,05 1,06

Acidification (kg SO2 eq)** ‐0,07 ‐0,02 ‐0,08

Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq) ‐0,31 0,96 ‐0,14

Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11  eq)

Toxicity (kg  1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)

Ecotoxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐16,29 0,09 ‐0,38

Human Toxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐218,59 ‐67,56 ‐476,92

* without effect from Nox

** without effect from Sox and Nox

Indicator not included

2[NS]

disposal stage only

Methodology

Treatment of the amount of the included waste fractions

collected in Sweden during one year