The climate relevance of the municipal solid waste management in Upper Austria and the development of innovative concepts for its environmental-economical optimisation

Description

The objective of this project was to illustrate implementation-oriented approaches in order to optimise the municipal solid waste management in Upper Austria in an environmental-economical way, especially concerning biogenic waste. On the one hand, the project focused on the appraisal of the carbon dioxide equivalents for the municipal waste management in Upper Austria, including landfilling, waste incineration, biotechnological waste treatment, mechanical waste treatment and collecting and transports of waste. The greenhouse gas emissions produced by the waste management were depicted for the reference year 1990, the present situation (2007) and for the year 2012. Furthermore, the study analyzed the more efficient usage of biogenic waste in Upper Austria. The main results of the study show that the greenhouse gases emitted from landfilling have decreased considerably since 1990, whereas waste incineration is responsible for a higher emission of greenhouse gases. At the same time, waste incineration makes a high contribution to the production of energy.

Period	22 Apr 2010
Event title	Österreichische Abfallwirtschaftstagung 2010 – Abfallwirtschaft im Wandel
Event type	Conference
Location	AustriaShow on map