Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management …
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Table 7
(continued)
Policies and preventive measures
Minimization of GHGs
Environmental and Socio-economic benefit
Mandate in installation of incineration and thermal
processing for waste-to-energy
CO
2 , CH
4 , and N
2 O
• Reduce environmental pollution such as heavy metal
contamination, atmospheric release of acid gases, dioxins
and other noxious substituents
• Potential odor reduction
• Provide significant mitigation potential for the waste
sector
• Regulation economic incentive
• Waste to energy recovery offers replacement of fossil fuels
• Offers job creation for more people
Standards for combustion and landfill performance to
harness gas with or without energy recovery
CH
4 (predominant), N
2 O, and CO
2
• Regulation economic incentive
• Waste to energy recovery reduce the burden of electricity
generation and fuel combustion
• Efficient and proper management of MSW with less
adverse impact on environment and human health.
Sources
Bogner et al. [5], Xin et al. [96], US EPA 92]