Paper & card ‐ n°2
Title Life cycle assessment of energy from solid waste
Year 2000
Author Finnvenden et al
Case
Material composition
Sub‐scenario Incineration Landfilling Recycling
Virgin material
Material marginal: which? / / pulp
Electricity marginal: which? / / pulp
Heat marginal: which? / / pulp
Co‐products dealt with? / / pulp
Recovered material
Material marginal: which? / / pulp
Electricity marginal: which? Hard coal Hard coal Hard coal
Heat marginal: which? Forest residues Forest residues Forest residues
Co‐products dealt with? / / /
Material recovery included? Yes Yes Yes
Type of recycling / / /
In which ratio does recycled material substitute
virgin material?
1:1 1:1 1:1
General
Technology
Infrastructures taken into account? NoNoNo
Transport included? Yes Yes Yes
Energy production
Produced energy substitutes electricity? Yes Yes Yes
Produced energy substitutes heat? Yes Yes Yes
Avoided processes ‐ credits energy energy pulp
Material substitutes / / pulp
Carbon sequestration issue taken into account?NoNoNo
Waste characteristics
Heating value / / /
Degradation rate (over 100 years) / / /
Incineration
Alternative use of incineration capacity
included? No No No
Composting
Compost spreading for composting taken into
account?
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Compost leaching after spreading taken into
account? ///
Carbon binding of compost included? / / /
% of carbon remaining in compost after 100
uears / Modeled /
Landfill
Methane emissions included? / Yes /2[NS]
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productionMaterial
recoveryMaterial
disposal