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 99Incineration Landfilling Recycling
Depletion of abiotic resources (MJ/ton) 499,34 ‐2316,52 ‐3397,56
Climate change (kg CO2‐eq/ton) 642,78 2337,39 183,10
Cumulative enerhy demand (MJ/ton) ‐15855,28 ‐4252,10 ‐18017,37
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)* 67,26 103,30 ‐19,22
Acidification (kg SO2 eq)** ‐0,05 0,00 ‐0,02
Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq) ‐0,29 1,07 ‐0,46
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11 eq)
Toxicity (kg 1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)
Ecotoxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐16,58 ‐3,53 ‐6,41
Human Toxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐209,00 ‐165,76 ‐245,04
* without effect from Nox
** without effect from Sox and Nox
Indicator not included2[MC]disposal stage onlyMethodology
Treatment of the amount of the included waste fractions
collected in Sweden during one year