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

The principal objective of this project is 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. The project is divided into two main parts: The first part of the project focusses 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 are depicted for the reference year 1990, the present situation (2007) and for the year 2012 considering the proposed methods and developments. The second part of the project deals with the more efficient usage of biogenic waste in Upper Austria. This question will be elaborated also for the years 1990, 2007 and 2012. Concluding, conflicts and harmonies of environmental objectives arising throughout this project are being addressed.