Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management contributes substantially to climate change. The greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from waste collection and landfill activities have a significant contribution. The carbon footprint is an important environmental indicator to express GHG emissions. Nowadays in L...
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| description | Municipal solid waste (MSW) management contributes substantially to climate change. The greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from waste collection and landfill activities have a significant contribution. The carbon footprint is an important environmental indicator to express GHG emissions. Nowadays in Luanda, the capital and largest city of Angola, more than 2 million tonnes per year of unselected MSW are sent to landfill. The aim of this work is to evaluate the carbon footprint related to MSW in Luanda. The methodologies used to quantify the carbon footprint were based on the guidelines of the IPCC and the GHG Protocol of greenhouse gases emissions associated with MSW anaerobic decomposition, from the daily operations of the landfill site. The results show that direct landfill emissions are the major contributions to GHG accounting. Keywords: Carbon footprint, Greenhouse gases, Landfill, Municipal solid waste |
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| spelling | doaj.art-484818d072d1499db93c2d76c7651c1c2022-12-21T20:28:43ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472020-02-016364369Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in AngolaCaetano Maria0José Góis1Anabela Leitão2Faculty of Engineering, University Agostinho Neto, AngolaADAI, DEM, University of Coimbra, PortugalFaculty of Engineering, University Agostinho Neto, Angola; LESRA, Faculty of Engineering,University Agostinho Neto, Angola; Corresponding author.Municipal solid waste (MSW) management contributes substantially to climate change. The greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from waste collection and landfill activities have a significant contribution. The carbon footprint is an important environmental indicator to express GHG emissions. Nowadays in Luanda, the capital and largest city of Angola, more than 2 million tonnes per year of unselected MSW are sent to landfill. The aim of this work is to evaluate the carbon footprint related to MSW in Luanda. The methodologies used to quantify the carbon footprint were based on the guidelines of the IPCC and the GHG Protocol of greenhouse gases emissions associated with MSW anaerobic decomposition, from the daily operations of the landfill site. The results show that direct landfill emissions are the major contributions to GHG accounting. Keywords: Carbon footprint, Greenhouse gases, Landfill, Municipal solid wastehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484719306080 |
| spellingShingle | Caetano Maria José Góis Anabela Leitão Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola Energy Reports |
| title | Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola |
| title_full | Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola |
| title_fullStr | Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola |
| title_short | Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola |
| title_sort | challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in angola |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484719306080 |
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