Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

Food & garden  ‐ n°6

Title
Klimaregnskap for
avfallshåndtering
Year 2009
Author Raandal
Impact assessment

Landfill Incineration Composting Anaerobic Digestion

Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)

Climate change (kg CO 2 eq/ton) 0,89 0,01 ‐0,02 ‐0,09

Cumulative enerhy demand (MBtu/t)

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

Management of  1  kg of waste and associated transport and substitution of

energy and/or material which is generated from waste management

Methodology IPCC

6[OR]

disposal stage only