[GreenYes] Re: Landfill methane recovery data EPA Life-Cycle Assessment

[LWheeler45@no.address]

Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases: A Life-Cycle Assessment of  
Emissions and Sinks
In the 21st century, management of municipal solid waste continues to be an  
important environmental challenge. Climate change is also a serious issue, and 
 the United States is embarking on a number of voluntary actions to reduce 
the  emissions of greenhouse gases that can intensify climate change. This 
report  examines how municipal solid waste management and climate change are  
related. 
Management of municipal solid waste presents many opportunities for  
greenhouse gas emission reductions. Source reduction and recycling can reduce  
emissions at the manufacturing stage, increase forest carbon storage, and  avoid 
landfill methane emissions. Combustion of waste allows  energy recovery to 
displace fossil fuel-generated electricity from utilities,  thus reducing greenhouse 
gas emissions from the utility sector and landfill  methane emissions. 
Diverting organic materials from landfills also reduces  methane emissions. 
This report is the third edition of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from  Management 
of Selected Materials in Municipal Solid Waste. You can  _download  the 
report_ (http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/SWMGHGreport.html#sections)  
using the links below. 
Since the publication of the second edition of the report, EPA's  Climate and 
Waste Program has added several new material types, which  have been 
published separately on this website. With the recent publication of  the third 
edition of this report, EPA has added tires as a new material type, as  well as 
updating the emission factors for most other material types. The  methodologies 
used to develop the factors for tires are documented in the _Background  
Documents_ (http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/SWMGHGreport.html#background) 
 below. These background documents also provide supporting detail  regarding 
the methodology and data used to develop the report and to update  existing 
emission factors. 
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on  this page. See 
_EPA's PDF page_ (http://epa.gov/epahome/pdf.html)  to  learn more. 
Report Sections 
_Full  Report_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/fullreport.pdf)  (PDF, 170 pp., 5.6 MB) 
_Cover_ (http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/cover.pdf)   
(PDF, 1 page, 324 KB)  
_Table  of Contents_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/contents.pdf)  (PDF, 4 pp., 182 KB)  
_Executive  Summary_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/execsum.pdf)  (PDF, 20 pp., 619 KB)  
_Methodology_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/chapter1.pdf)   (PDF, 15 pp., 408 KB) 
 


Leonard E. Wheeler, Jr. BSIT/MPA/ REM 
Bio Hazardous Waste to Energy Systems  Developer 
_Lwheeler45@no.address (mailto:Lwheeler45@no.address) 


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