Systems Analysis of Organic Waste Management in Denmark

Appendix B

Emissions from the processes

Emissions from core system

Emissions from collection and transportation of wastes

Emissions presented in Table B1 show the total emissions from collection of organic household waste. Collection of organic waste includes following modes of transportation:

  • Organic waste from households, collection with collection trucks
  • Organic waste from households to anaerobic digestion (60 %), transported with ordinary truck
  • Organic waste from households to composting using ordinary truck
  • Organic waste from households to anaerobic digestion (40%), transported with truck and trailer

Table B1.
Emissions originating from collection of organic waste from households expressed as kg per year.

Emission
Reference
Biogas 2004 Biogas long term Compost 2004 Compost long term
NOx 375 161 381 699 397 214 380 958 394 356
N2O 880 896 932 894 925
SOx 38 353 39 022 40 608 38 946 40 316
CO 62 64 66 63 66
VOC 14 218 14 464 15 046 14 437 14 945
CO2 (fossil) 15 942 038 16 219 842 16 879 138 16 188 360 16 757 709
CO2 (bio) 0 0 0 0 0
CH4 215 219 228 219 226
Particles 2 801 2 849 2 965 2 844 2 944

Transportation of wastes after collection includes the following modes of transportation using truck and trailer:

  • Ash from incineration to landfill
  • Slag from incineration to landfill
  • Digestion residue from anaerobic digester to arable land
  • Compost from compost plant to arable land