Potential of municipal solid waste for reduction of GHG emissions and energy production in Croatia

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3917-3929

  Schneider, Daniel Rolph ^a   Kirac, Mislav ^b   Hublin, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c Ekonerg Energy and Environmental Protection Institute   (Croatia)

Author keywords

GHG emissions; Municipal solid waste; Renewable energy source; Waste management; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EMISSION CALCULATION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; GHG EMISSION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WASTE TO ENERGY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84903593572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Gentil E, Christensen TH, Aoustin E. Greenhouse gas accounting and waste management. Waste Manage. Res. 2009;27:696-706.
2. Gentil E, Clavreul J, Christensen TH. Global warming factor of municipal solid waste management in Europe. Waste Manage. Res. 2009;27:850-860.
3. Mohareb AK, Warith MA, Diaz R. Modelling greenhouse gas emissions for municipal solid waste management strategies in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Resour., Conserv. Recycling 2008;52:1241-1251.
4. 2 reduction potential in Japan through integrated waste and utility management. Waste Manag 2008;29:2195-2202.
5. Papageorgiou A, Barton JR, Karagiannidis A. Assessment of the greenhouse effect impact of technologies used for energy recovery from municipal waste: A case for England. J. Environ. Manage 2009;90:2999-3012.
6. Turan NG, Çoruh S, et al. Municipal solid waste management strategies in Turkey. Waste Manag 2009;29:465-469.
7. Calabrò PS. Greenhouse gases emission from municipal waste management: The role of separate collection. Waste Manag 2009;29:2178-2187.
8. 2 emission reductions due to recycling in Brazil. Waste Manag 2004;24:889-897.
9. Hublin A. Waste energy potential-direction of regional concept of sustainable development. Zagreb, Croatia: Ekonerg; 2008.
10. Schneider DR. Sustainable Environmental Management in Croatia-Waste and Climate Change. In: Barbir F, Ulgiati S, editors. Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption: Benefits, Strategies and Environmental Costing. Dordrecht: Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008.
11. Schneider DR, Bogdan Ž. Analysis of a sustainable system for energy recovery from municipal waste in Croatia. In: Guzović Z, Duić N, Ban M, editors. CD Proceedings of the 5th Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems; 2009; Zagreb, Croatia.
12. Croatian Parliament. Waste Act. Zagreb, Croatia: Official Gazette 178/04, 111/06, 60/08; 2004.
13. Croatian Parliament. Waste Management Strategy. Zagreb, Croatia: Official Gazette 178/04; 2005.
14. Croatian Government. Waste Management Plan. Zagreb, Croatia: Official Gazette 178/04; 2007.
15. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. National Strategy and Action Plan for Climate Change Mitigation in the Republic of Croatia. Zagreb, Croatia: MEPPPC; 2007.
16. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Vol. 5 Waste. IPCC; 2006.
17. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. Development of guidelines for beginning of implementation of Waste Management Plan in the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Ekonerg, MEPPPC; 2007.
18. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. National Inventory Report 2009-Submission to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. Zagreb, Croatia: Ekonerg, MEPPPC; 2009.
19. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. National Inventory Report 2010-Submission to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. Zagreb, Croatia: Ekonerg, MEPPPC; 2010.
20. Central Bureau of Statistics. Statistical Yearbook 2009. Zagreb, Croatia; 2009.
21. European Commission. Council Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste (Landfill Directive). EU: Official Journal of the European Union L182:1-19; 1999.
22. Ekonerg. Croatian cement industry and climate change (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Cement, g.i.u.; 2007.
23. Archer E, Baddeley A, Klein A et al. Mechanical-Biological-Treatment: A Guide for Decision Makers Processes, Policies and Markets (Annex D). Juniper Consultancy Services Ltd; 2005.
24. Croatian electric energy and environment 2008 [internet]. Zagreb, Croatia: HEP Group. Available at: . [accessed 28.12.2010].
25. Feed-in tariffs in Croatia 2009 (in Croatian) [internet]. Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Energy Marker Operator (HROTE). Available at: . [accessed 28.12.2010].
26. Bogdan Ž, Schneider DR, Dobrović S, et al. Analysis of technologies for energy recovery of municipal solid waste in the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb; 2009. Technical Report.
27. Energy in Croatia 2008-Annual Energy Report, 2009 [internet]. Zagreb, Croatia: Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship. Available at: . [accessed 28.12.2010].
28. Croatian Government. Decision on the acceptance of the Fifth National Communication of the Republic of Croatia under the United Nation Framework Convention on the Climate Change (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Official Gazette 24/10; 2010.
29. Croatian Parliament. National energy strategy (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Official Gazette 130/09; 2009.