Municipal waste management and greenhouse gases

Author (Corporate)	European Environment Agency (EEA)
Publisher	EC
Publication Date	January 2008
Content Type	Report
	The EEA and the European Topic Centre on Resource and Waste Management (ETC/RWM) have developed a model for projection of waste quantities and estimation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the management of this waste. At present, the model is made for municipal waste. A key finding is that better management of municipal waste can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and, if high rates of recycling and possibly incineration with energy recovery are attained, the net greenhouse gas emissions may even become ‘negative’. This report is published as ETC/RWM working paper 2008/1 and was prepared for the European Environment Agency under the 2007 work programme of the Topic Centre as a contribution to the EEA's work on environmental outlooks.
Source Link	Primary Source http://eea.eionet.europa.eu/Public/irc/eionet-circle/etc_waste/library?l=/working_papers/etcrwm_working_2008/_EN_1.0_&a=d
Related Links	European Environment Agency: EEA Briefing: No.1/ 2008: Better management of municipal waste will reduce greenhouse gas emissions http://reports.eea.europa.eu/briefing_2008_1/en/ European Environment Agency: EEA Briefing: No.1/2008 (pdf file) http://reports.eea.europa.eu/briefing_2008_1/en/EN_Briefing_01-2008.pdf European Environment Agency: Highlights, 31.1.08: Improved waste management delivering climate benefits http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/better-management-of-municipal-waste-will-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Subject Categories	Environment
Countries / Regions	Europe