Municipal waste combustion

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The category /business/waste/combustion/municipal contains data and methodologies sourced from the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for calculating greenhouse gas emissions associated with the burning of municipal waste. Users can choose between many kinds of waste, including paper, textiles, food, wood, nappies and plastics. Discover calculates CO2 emissions based on the typical carbon content of each waste type (sourced from Chapter 2 of the same volume), as well as typical CH4 and N2O emissions associated with the specific combustion methods used.

CO2 which derives from recently sequestered carbon sources and fossil sources are differentiated, since their net impact on atmospheric CO2 concentrations in distinct.

How to use this category

Selecting an emissions scenario

To use this category, select the waste type using the type drill choice.

Next, specify the burning method (continuous incineration, open burning, etc.) and technology (stoker, fluidised bed) using the method and technology drill choices. No technology choice is required for the 'open burning' combustion method.

Specifying activity data

Finally, set the quantity of waste burned using the mass profile item value. Discover assumes that the weight specified is the dry weight of the waste burned. Users can alternatively use the wet weight by setting the isWetWeight profile item value to 'true', in which case Discover will convert wet weight into dry weight using typical dry weight fraction data for each waste type.

Results and calculation

The values returned represent CO2 emissions associated with the waste quantity specified. The following discrete values are returned:

  • fossilCO2: CO2 emissions which derived from fossil carbon
  • biogenicCO2: CO2 emissions which derived from recently sequestered, biogenic carbon
  • totalCO2: fossil and biogenic carbon
  • CH4: CH4 emissions associated with the waste quantity specified
  • N2O: N2O emissions associated with the waste quantity specified
  • CO2e: fossil CO2, CH4 and N2O combined and expressed in terms of CO2e

Note: This category does not cover emissions associated with the burning of glass or metal wastes which are considered by the IPCC to be only rarely burned.

UIDLabel
SKOD03EYHDVK food waste, batch type incineration, fluidised bed
B2SVFWDP5V9M food waste, batch type incineration, stoker
B7BH9BU1VBZT food waste, continuous incineration, fluidised bed
08PE8O1G0JJS food waste, continuous incineration, stoker
WVHOFL5P2N74 food waste, open burning, none
QB5L5MIOY588 food waste, semi continuous incineration, fluidised bed
I4EQN8I9PARS food waste, semi continuous incineration, stoker
VTOTQ4IC9TE7 garden and park waste, batch type incineration, fluidised bed
1JIKUNOBE8H0 garden and park waste, batch type incineration, stoker
MNKNFCMYLH7E garden and park waste, continuous incineration, fluidised bed
YMTH99RTZU6W garden and park waste, continuous incineration, stoker
9YBQ4M22BYYL garden and park waste, open burning, none
XFVGL7OBV9AB garden and park waste, semi continuous incineration, fluidised bed
AWT76KIKMCVB garden and park waste, semi continuous incineration, stoker
7H51A4V4DCKH leather, batch type incineration, fluidised bed
IVYTVZGVFRRC leather, batch type incineration, stoker
28CV3O42JJDN leather, continuous incineration, fluidised bed
D08PW019EC8O leather, continuous incineration, stoker
352KJ2QKTU5K leather, open burning, none
TN5TENK8CN4W leather, semi continuous incineration, fluidised bed
This item is deprecated
Set to 'true' to indicate quantity is specified on a wet-weight basis
Quantity of waste burned
Name: Municipal_waste_combustion
Provenance: IPCC
Parent Category: Combustive waste treatment
Full path: /business/waste/combustion/municipal
calculation combustion direct domestic emission_factor global IPCC IPCC_tier1 IPCC_waste IPCC_waste_bio mass_balance municipal waste