Economic and environmental benefits of landfill gas from municipal solid waste in Malaysia

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2907-2912

  Johari, Anwar ^a   Ahmed, Saeed Isa ^a   Hashim, Haslenda ^a   Alkali, Habib ^a   Ramli, Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Green energy; Landfill gas; Methane emission; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CARBON CREDITS; CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN ENERGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LANDFILL GAS; MALAYSIA; METHANE EMISSIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84858725865     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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