Data summary of municipal solid waste management alternatives. Executive summary

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10170792· OSTI ID:10170792

This study was initiated to compile publicly available data on the five major options commonly used for municipal solid waste MSW management today: Landfilling, mass burning for energy recovery, production and combustion of refuse-derived fuel (RDF), and composting. The report also provides some data on energy, environmental releases, and economics for the following less commonly used options: Anaerobic digestion, coining of RDF with coal, gasification/pyrolysis. Because no commercial anaerobic digestion and gasification/pyrolysis facilities have operated in the United States, the data for these options are based on pilot plant results.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 10170792
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-249-4988; ON: DE92016433
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
MUNICIPAL WASTES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTES
SANITARY LANDFILLS
COMBUSTION
RECYCLING
COMPOSTING
ECONOMICS
REFUSE DERIVED FUELS
GASIFICATION
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
MUNICIPAL WASTE
WASTE TO ENERGY
RESOURCE RECOVERY
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MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT