Economic and environmental evaluation of climate change mitigation measures in the waste sector of developing countries
| Autor: | Verica Taseska Gjorgjievska, Teodora Obradovic Grncarovska, Pavlina Zdraveva, Aleksandar Dedinec, Natasa Markovska, Gjogi Velevski, Igor Ristovski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Marginal cost
Engineering Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Natural resource economics business.industry IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Strategy and Management Mechanical biological treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Climate change mitigation Greenhouse gas business Marginal abatement cost Activity-based costing General Environmental Science Waste disposal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cleaner Production. 88:234-241 |
| ISSN: | 0959-6526 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.048 |
| Popis: | According to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, the mitigation potential of waste sector in developing countries is three times higher than the one of developed countries, which highlights the role of this sector for mitigation action in the developing world. In this paper, the analytical framework for assessment of climate change mitigation potential of waste sector, which is based on GHG Costing Model (GACMO), is adapted in order to incorporate the specifics of developing countries regarding waste generation, waste disposal and population growth. The methodology is further modified to generate marginal abatement cost curves based on achievable cumulative GHG emissions reduction (over the whole period), thus taking into account the timing of mitigation measure implementation. The adapted analytical framework is applied for the case of Macedonia's waste sector, evaluating the following four mitigation scenarios: Mechanical biological treatment (MBT) with an aerobic treatment (composting), MBT with an anaerobic treatment (anaerobic digesters with energy production), MBT with an anaerobic treatment-anaerobic digesters with energy production and refused derived fuel (RDF) utilization and MBT with an aerobic treatment (composting with RDF utilization). Each mitigation scenario includes also a gas extraction with flaring for the existing non-compliant landfills. The resulting marginal cost curve indicates a total achievable reduction of cumulative emissions for the period 2013–2030 of around 20 Mt, or nearly 80% lower than Business-As-Usual (BAU) waste sector cumulative emissions, at average specific reduction cost in the range 8.9–12.44 US$/t. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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