Municipal solid waste management scenarios for Attica and their greenhouse gas emission impact

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 928-937

  Papageorgiou, Asterios ^a   Karagiannidis, Avraam ^a   Barton, John R ^b   Kalogirou, Efstratios ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SYNERGIA ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Attica; Incineration; Mechanical biological treatment; Mechanical treatment; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; EMISSION FACTORS; END MARKETS; GHG EMISSION; LANDFILLING; MECHANICAL TREATMENT; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANS; SANITARY LANDFILL; WASTE DERIVED FUELS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LAND FILL; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOLID WASTES; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREECE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; METHANE; POWER PLANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 72549093840     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09350787     Document Type: Article

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