Climate benefits of material recycling : inventory of average greenhouse gas emissions for Denmark, Norway and Sweden / Karl Hillman [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillman, Karl, author.

Series:

TemaNord ; 2015:547.

TemaNord, 0908-6692 ; 2015:547

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Economic aspects.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 p.)

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, [Denmark] : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2015.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Summary; Review Statement; Introduction; General Comments; Conclusions; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 2.1 Collaborative stakeholder cooperation; 2.2 Literature review; 2.3 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); 2.4 System boundaries; 2.4.1 Included materials; 2.4.2 Definition of amounts; 2.4.3 System expansion; 2.4.4 Impact assessment; 3. Investigation context; 3.1 General assumptions; 3.2 Other impact categories; 3.3 Selected studies; 3.3.1 Studies from Norway, Denmark and Sweden; 3.3.2 Studies from other European countries; 3.3.3 Studies from the United States of America

4. Investigated materials4.1 Paper and cardboard; 4.2 Glass; 4.3 Plastics; 4.4 Steel; 4.5 Aluminium; 4.6 Organic waste; 4.7 Other metals; 5. Results; 5.1 Paper and cardboard; 5.2 Glass; 5.3 Plastics; 5.4 Steel; 5.5 Aluminium; 5.6 Organic waste; 5.7 Collected results; 6. Discussion; 6.1 Comparison with previous recommendations; 6.2 Impact of energy use and energy mix; Which primary and secondary processes have high energy demand for processing the materials?; How is the relationship between renewable and fossil energy use for different materials?

How is the relationship between the use of electricity and fuels for different materials?How to account for the use of waste energy from the processes in, for example, district heating?; 6.3 Geographical differences; 6.4 Quality of materials for secondary production; 6.5 Data availability and uncertainty; 7. Conclusions; 8. Further work; References; Svensk sammanfattning; Appendices; A. Rejected studies; B. Provisional list of materials; C. Reference group; University of Gävle; Technical University of Denmark (DTU); Återvinningsindustrierna (Sweden) and member erpresentatives

Norsk Industri & Norsk ReturmetallforeningNordic Council of Ministers; Stiftelsen Gästrikeregionens miljö

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 11, 2016).

ISBN:

92-893-4218-8

92-893-4219-6

OCLC:

946552486