Abstract
Fuel-related Emissions from the Croatian Municipal Solid Waste Collection System in 2013: Mixed Municipal Waste
Highlights
This article aims to estimate emissions to air from the Croatian municipal solid waste (MSW) collection system
That would decrease the impact on human health and ecosystems caused by waste collection, as well as the operating costs of the waste collection companies
The data is relevant for Croatia, 2013, and the mixed waste stream
Summary
This article aims to estimate emissions to air from the Croatian municipal solid waste (MSW) collection system. The estimate of fuel consumption is based on data delivered from half of the total number of Croatian companies in the business of MSW collection.[1] The emissions to air are calculated using Tier 1 emission factors for heavy duty vehicles. The time relevance of this research is for the year 2013, when the Croatian MSW recycling rate was only about 15 %. These data can be used as the reference level for landfilling/low recycling scenario in the studies on environmental efficiency of the various waste management scenarios. The collection and transport of municipal solid waste is an important unit process of the waste management system that should be taken into consideration when analysing the environmental impacts.[2,3,4,5,6,7,8] In the analyses on environment impact of the waste management system, the collection is either ignored or its role is exaggerated.[9,10,11] Some authors claim that fuel consumption within a waste collection system, measured per mass unit of collected waste, has significant impact on the environment.[12,13] Reduction of both the mass of waste transported and the transport distance
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