Greenhouse gas emissions from municipal solid waste with a high organic fraction under different management scenarios

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 451-457

  Liu, Yili ^a   Ni, Zhe ^a   Kong, Xin ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas (GHG); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Municipal solid waste (MSW); Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CALORIFIC VALUE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE FRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); HIGH-CALORIFIC-VALUE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW);

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 85013427606     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.135     Document Type: Article

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