Global Warming Problems and Solid Waste Management. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste Incineration in Japan.

• Yasuda Kenji

  Kanagawa Prefectural Environmental Research Center Enviromental Engineering Devision

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 温暖化問題と廃棄物　　廃棄物の焼却にともなう温室効果ガスの排出状況
• ハイキブツ ノ ショウキャク ニ トモナウ オンシツ コウカ ガス ノ ハイシ

Abstract

To estimate the amount of greenhouse gases generated by waste incineration in Japan, the emission behavior and flux of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) were observed at municipal solid waste and industrial waste incinerators.<BR>Estimated CO₂ emissions in 1993 were 12, 653 Gg-C (46, 395 Gg-CO₂) in Japan, which is almost 3.6% of annual CO2 emissions. Waste incineration CH₄ emissions were estimated to be 13.1 Gg-CH₄, only 1 % of the total. The emissions of N₂O were higher at sludge incineration plants than that of other plants, especially those with fluidized bed incinerators. The total N₂O emissions from waste incineration in 1993 was estimated to be 7.6 Gg-N₂O, or about 10% of the annual total.

Journal

• Waste Management Research

  Waste Management Research 8 (6), 432-437, 1997

  Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Keywords

• greenhouse gases
• waste incineration
• emission factor
• emission
• emission rate

Details

• CRID: 1390282679392707712
• NII Article ID: 10002831446
• NII Article ID: 10003886087
• NII Book ID: AN10414674
• DOI: 10.3985/wmr.8.432
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXit12h
• ISSN: 18838960
• ISSN: 09170855
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/09170855
• NDL BIB ID: 4323341
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I4323341
• Text Lang: ja
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