Waste Management Pinch Analysis (WAMPA): Application of Pinch Analysis for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in municipal solid waste management

Ho, Wai Shin; Hashim, Haslenda; Lim, Jeng Shiun; Lee, Chew Tin; Sam, Kah Chiin; Tan, Sie Ting

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.044

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“…The urbanization level in the eastern region is relatively high. The increasing urbanization level is associated with increases in urban construction and urban population [4,5,8,73]. The MSW collection quantities also have increased.…”

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Regional Differences in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Quantities in China

Zhou

Chu

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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The rapid growth in urban population has led to a dramatic increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, with ramifications more pronounced in developing countries. The regional Chinese governments have made great efforts to reduce MSW generation and collection quantities. However, the results of these efforts vary across cities. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the regional differences in MSW collection quantities. A two-level hierarchical linear model (HLM) was used to examine the variations in MSW collection quantities among 287 prefecture-level cites in China over the period from 2008 to 2017. The analysis reveals a strong negative correlation between the regional economic development level and the growth trend of MSW collection quantities. The empirical findings indicate that the level of economic development and waste collection measures are critical determinants of MSW collection quantities.

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confidence: 99%

Regional Differences in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Quantities in China

Zhou

Chu

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…Ho et al, [92] in a Malaysian case study focusing on sustainable planning for solid waste management (considering a spectra of methods hierarchically from the most desirable to the least; reduce, reuse, recycle, energy recovery and landfilling) applied to a two-decade time-period 2015 to 2035 calculated the possible GHG emissions reduction to be 13.5% and that of the quan-tities of landfilled wastes to be 55%. This is achieved, inter alia, by reducing or avoiding the landfilling of food wastes (cause of methane emissions) and the reduction of incineration of plastics for energy recovery.…”

Section: Solid Waste Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pinch analysis, as a technique for optimising resource utilisation and promoting environmental sustainability: A review of recent case studies from the developing world and transition economies

Govindarajan

2019

Resour Environ Inf Eng

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Pinch analysis, as a technique to optimise the utilisation of resources, traces its beginnings to the 1970s in Switzerland and the UK ETH Zurich and Leeds University to be more precise. Over four decades down the line, this methodology has entrenched itself in research circles around the world. While the technique was developed, to begin with, for energy (heat) recovery, it has since then expanded to embrace several other fields, and enabled optimisation of resource utilisation in general. The motive behind this article is to perform a focused, selective review of recent case studies from the developing world and transition economies, having 'pinch analysis' in their titles and thereby as their 'core, crux and gist', during the period 2008-2018. The resources focused on, include heat energy, electrical energy, water, solid waste, money, time, land (surface area), storage space (volume), human resources, mass of resources in general and hydrogen, while a handful of publications have their focus on carbon dioxide (greenhouse gases in general) emissions. Multi-dimensional pinch analysis promises to be an effective tool for sustainability analysis in the years to come; most importantly in the developing world where social well-being and economic development are priorities in the years ahead, and they ought to be attained by a simultaneous truncation of the environmental footprint, in other words, an optimisation of resource utilisation as well as adverse environmental impacts. In other words, the focus ought to be on sustainable production (efficiency) and consumption (sufficiency).

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“…Ho et al [63] employed the method of Waste Management Pinch Analysis to examine the implications of landfill and GHG emission reduction target in sustainable waste management. Han et al [64] investigated the performance of a zero-emission desalination system based on mechanical vapor compression through energy and exergy analyses.…”

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confidence: 99%