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Projections of minicipal waste and greenhouse gas emission

External Data Reference Published 21 Aug 2012

Topics: Climate change mitigation , Resource efficiency and waste ,

The EEA and its ETC/SCP have released a report on municipal solid waste (MSW) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report is using a life cycle approach in order to investigate the implications in GHG terms of the developments in MSW management in the EU from 1990 to 2020. The improvements observed in MSW management accross the EU have resulted in a significant GHG mitigation, cutting annual GHG emissions by 48 million tonnes from 1995 to 2008. The potential is even higher for the forecasted future, especially if the EU waste legislation is implemented fully. These GHG cuts are mainly an outcome of increased recycling and reduced landfiling due to, respectfully, saving the production of virgin materials and avoiding methane emissions.

Provider:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Dataset URL:: http://scp.eionet.europa.eu/publications/2011WP4
Dataset path:: PDF document

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Net emission reductions from MSW management in the EU (excluding Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland in 2008 and 2020 compared to 1995

Net emission reductions from MSW management in the EU (excluding Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland in 2008 and 2020 compared to 1995 The figure illustrates the net emission reduction achieved in the period 1995-2008 (in the first column) and the net GHG emission reductions in 2020 compared to 1995 for all three scenarios (in columns two, three and four). The net emission reduction is calculated as the difference between net emissions in 1995 and net emissions in 2008 or 2020, as appropriate.

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