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Co-benefits evaluation tool for urban waste management
4pm, September 28th, 2015
The co-benefits evaluation tool for urban waste management evaluates the environmental impacts including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollutants accompanied by energy implications and cost-benefit analysis of the various waste management strategies by means of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). This approach is used to consider coordination of a number of actions to recover material and energy and to reduce environmental impact through Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS).
Key questions addressed:
- How can policies that change the composition of waste reduce GHG and non-GHG emissions?
Sample data inputs:
- Waste generation rate
- Population
- Waste distribution through the different treatment technologies
- Total waste composition
- Infiltration rate
- Price of electricity
- Price of oil barrel
- Lifetime
Sample quantitative outputs:
- Annual waste volume
- Annual total GHG emissions
- Overall waste composition
- Annual electricity production
- Annual heat production
- Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR)
- Payback Period (PBP)
Resources:
Urban waste management co-benefits evaluation tool guidebook.
Institutions Involved
- United Nations University
- Institute of Advanced Studies (UNI-IAS)
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