Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

Food & garden  ‐ n°5

Title Solid^ waste^ management^ and^ greenhouse^ gases:^ A^ life^
cycle assessment of emissions and sinks
Year 2006
Author US EPA

Impact assessment

Composting Incineration Landfilling

Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)

Climate change (kg CO 2  eq/ton) ‐ 50 ‐ 50 60

Cumulative enerhy demand (MBtu/t) 0,58 ‐0,58 0,37

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 included

Methodology

5[OR]

IPCC

1  short ton of material

disposal stage only