Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:06
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Waste
IPCC: |
4A1 - Solid Waste Disposal - Managed Waste Disposal Sites |
Sector: |
Industrial : Landfills |
♦ Activity: Landfill emissions - Landfill gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
1,763,887 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (1,763,887 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Landfill Emissions] * [Landfill gas CO2 emission] |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.5, Chap. 5. Published: IGES, Japan. (IPCC FOD Mathematically Exact Model used with Landfill Survey Inputs.) http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/5_Volume5/V5_3_Ch3_SWDS.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Landfill emissions = 41,773,477,201 scf of Landfill gas |
Basis: |
Model |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.5, Chap. 5. Published: IGES, Japan. (IPCC FOD Mathematically Exact Model used with Landfill Survey Inputs.) http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/5_Volume5/V5_3_Ch3_SWDS.pdf |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Landfill gas CO2 emission = 42.2 g / scf |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.5, Chap. 5. Published: IGES, Japan. (IPCC FOD Mathematically Exact Model used with Landfill Survey Inputs.) http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/5_Volume5/V5_3_Ch3_SWDS.pdf |
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity —
Amount: |
42.2 g of CO2 per scf of Landfill gas |