The Environmental Sustainability of Integrated Solid Waste Management in a Carbon Constrained World

这项研究的目标是模拟温室气体减排政策对城市固体废物(MSW)管理的影响，并确定在不增加其他环境影响的情况下最具成本效益地减少温室气体的MSW管理实践。在美国，固体废物管理占与能源无关的温室气体排放的13%，垃圾填埋场是人为甲烷的第二大来源。该研究方法综合了固体废物管理的成本方面、固体废物管理的环境生命周期影响以及温室气体缓解政策。这个问题很复杂，其方法是固体废物管理的科学和工程与温室气体缓解政策的经济学的全面融合。通过万维网发布模型，结果将产生更广泛的影响。布鲁斯·K·汉密尔顿2010年6月28日

The goal of this research is to model the effect of greenhouse gas mitigation policies on management of municipal solid waste (MSW) and to determine the MSW management practices that reduce greenhouse gases most cost-effectively without increasing other environmental impacts. In the US, solid waste management represents 13% of non-energy related greenhouse gas emissions and landfills are the second largest source of anthropogenic methane. The research approach integrates cost aspects of solid waste management, environmental life-cycle impacts of solid waste management, and greenhouse gas mitigation policies. This problem is complex, and the approach is a comprehensive blending of the science and engineering of solid waste management and the economics of GHG mitigation policies. Results will have broader impact through the release of the models via the World Wide Web.Bruce K. Hamilton6/28/10