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Title Life cycle assessment of energy from solid waste


Year 2000
Author Finnvenden et al


Impact assessment


EDIP, USES‐LCA, Ecoindicator  99

Incineration Landfilling Recycling
Depletion of abiotic resources (MJ/ton) 482,60 ‐1987,17 ‐14194,05
Climate change (kg CO2‐eq/ton) 53,71 1342,68 ‐11,82
Cumulative enerhy demand (MJ/ton) ‐15698,62 ‐3576,90 ‐43717,67
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)* ‐0,20 2,05 1,06
Acidification (kg SO2 eq)** ‐0,07 ‐0,02 ‐0,08
Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq) ‐0,31 0,96 ‐0,14
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11  eq)
Toxicity (kg  1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)
Ecotoxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐16,29 0,09 ‐0,38
Human Toxicity (SEK/ton) EDIP ‐218,59 ‐67,56 ‐476,92
* without effect from Nox
** without effect from Sox and Nox
Indicator not included

2[NS]

disposal stage only

Methodology


Treatment of the amount of the included waste fractions
collected in Sweden during one year
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