Paper & card ‐ n°4
Title assessmentSolid^ waste^ managementof emissions andand sinks^ greenhouse^ gases:^ A^ life^ cycle^
Year 2006
Author US EPA
Impact assessment
IPCCRecycling Incineration Landfilling
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)
Climate change (kg CO 2 eq/ton) ‐ 840 ‐ 130 ‐ 80
Cumulative enerhy demand (MBtu/t) ‐0,69 ‐1,58 0,41
Water consumption (kg/t)
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)
Acidification (kg SO2 eq)
Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq)
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11 eq)
Toxicity (kg 1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)
Waste (kg/t)Indicator not included4[MA]1 short ton of materialMethodology
disposal stage only