Use of carbon footprinting to explore alternative household waste policy scenarios in an Irish city-region

David Browne, O’Regan, Bernadette and Richard Moles

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2009, vol. 54, issue 2, 113-122

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to apply the carbon footprint indicator to measure the environmental impact of production, domestic disposal, recycling and exports of waste produced by the residents of an Irish city-region and to analyse the likely impact of policy scenarios relating to waste reduction, increased recycling, thermal treatment and disposal by landfill. It was found that the total footprint of waste disposal and recycling, excluding emissions associated with export of waste, fell from 0.078 global hectares (GHa) per capita in 1998 to 0.072GHa per capita in 2004.

Keywords: Carbon footprint; Waste management; Sustainable consumption; Scenario building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.07.003

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