Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Process of Landfill Disposal in China

Hanwen Guo, Haiyun Xu, Jianguo Liu, Xiaoqin Nie (), Xu Li, Tianchu Shu, Binjie Bai, Xingyu Ma and Yuan Yao
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Hanwen Guo: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Haiyun Xu: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Jianguo Liu: School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Xiaoqin Nie: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Xu Li: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Tianchu Shu: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Binjie Bai: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Xingyu Ma: Institute of Urban-Rural Ecological Civilization, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China
Yuan Yao: CUCDE Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-10

Abstract: Quantitative accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become an important global focus. GHG emissions from the waste sector have high potential in GHG emissions reduction. We analyzed the GHG emissions inventory in the waste sector of the European Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Canada from 1990 to 2019. Landfill disposal was the main category of GHGs from the waste sector, with a contribution rate between 69% and 95%. Landfill disposal also played a prominent role in emission reduction, with a contribution rate higher than 86%. GHG emissions from landfill sites in China were calculated using the inventory analysis method recommended by the IPCC and combined with actual situations. The results showed that the highest GHG emissions from landfill disposal in China occurred in 2020, with an estimated 165 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent. In 2019, the per capita GHG emissions from landfill sites in China was 117 kg CO 2 equivalent/person, which was higher than Germany (87 kg CO 2 equivalent/person) but lower than the European Union (189 kg CO 2 equivalent/person).

Keywords: waste sector; greenhouse gas; landfill disposal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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