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Title: Data summary of municipal solid waste management alternatives. Volume I: report text

Abstract

This report provides data for use in evaluating the proven technologies and combinations of technologies that might be considered for managing municipal solid waste (MSW). It covers five major methods for MSW management in common use today: Landfilling; Mass combustion for energy recovery; Production of refuse-derived fuel (RDF); Collection/separation of recyclables; and Composting. It also provides information on three MSW management technologies that are not widely used at present: Anaerobic digestion; Cofiring of MSW with coal; and Gasification/pyrolysis. To the extent possible with available reliable data, the report presents information for each proven MSW technology on: Net energy balances; Environmental releases; and Economics. In addition to data about individual operations, the report presents net energy balances and inventories of environmental releases from selected combined MSW management strategies that use two or more separate operations. The scope of the report extends from the waste's origin (defined as the point at which the waste is set out for collection), through transportation and processing operations, to its final disposition (e.g., recycling and remanufacturing, combustion, or landfilling operations). Data for all operations are presented on a consistent basis: one (1) ton of municipal (i.e., residential, commercial, and institutional) waste at the collection point. Selectionmore » of an MSW management plan may be influenced by many factors, in addition to the technical performance and economics of each option.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6977521
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-431-4988A
ON: DE93008360
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; MUNICIPAL WASTES; WASTE PROCESSING; SOLID WASTES; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COCOMBUSTION; COMPILED DATA; COMPOSTING; ECONOMICS; EMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; GASIFICATION; LIFE-CYCLE COST; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; SANITARY LANDFILLS; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION; COST; DATA; DECOMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FUELS; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDATION; PROCESSING; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; MUNICIPAL WASTE; WASTE TO ENERGY; RESOURCE RECOVERY; 320604* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Municipal Waste Management- (1980-)

Citation Formats

. Data summary of municipal solid waste management alternatives. Volume I: report text. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/6977521.
. Data summary of municipal solid waste management alternatives. Volume I: report text. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6977521
. 1992. "Data summary of municipal solid waste management alternatives. Volume I: report text". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6977521. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6977521.
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