Waste Treatment Technologies and Their Influence on Mitigation of Greenahouse Gases

摘要

Every waste treatment techniques for Municipal solid waste (NSW) generates greenhouse gases (GHG). within this paper CH4 and CO2 emissions of 14 different techniques of waste treatment are balanced, i.e. 3 types of landfill technique, 3 types of incineration plants, 6 types of mechanical biological treatment, 9 of them with full or partial utilization of the energy content of the waste. For these treatment techniques biogenic and pyrogenic GHG-emissions have been calculated, i.e. direct emissions, indirect emissions and avoided emissions, generated or avoided by using the specific treatment technique.