Other waste combustion

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The category /business/waste/combustion/other contains data and methodologies sourced from the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for calculating greenhouse gas emissions associated with the burning of several generic types of industrial waste ('industrial', 'clinical', 'sewage sludge', 'fossil liquids').

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.

Specifying activity data

Next, set the quantity of waste burned using the mass profile item value. The mass of waste should reflect the dry mass in all cases except the 'fossil liquid waste' drill choice in which case the mass represents wet weight.

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

UIDLabel
J9CL7P5TZ25C clinical waste
9PJSVN0HDB1W fossil liquid waste
S9X1ZT3OGCIN industrial waste
8MDX1GV7CE9W sewage sludge
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Quantity of waste burned