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Assessment Of Ghg Emission Reduction Potential From Source-Separated Organic Waste (Sow) Management: Case Study In A Higher Educational Institution In Malaysia Feb 2015

Assessment Of Ghg Emission Reduction Potential From Source-Separated Organic Waste (Sow) Management: Case Study In A Higher Educational Institution In Malaysia

Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya

In Malaysia, the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions reduction via composting of source-separated organic waste (SOW) in municipal solid waste (MSW) has not been assessed. Assessment of GHG emissions reduction via composting of SOW is important as environmental impacts from waste management are waste-specific and local-specific. The study presents the case study for potential carbon reduction via composting of SOW in University of Malaya (UM). In this study, a series of calculations were used to evaluate the GHG emission of different SOW management scenarios. The calculations based on IPCC calculation methods (AM0025) include GHGs emissions from landfilling, fuel consumption in transportation …