2009 Greenhouse Gas Savings Study Report - Alberta Used Oil ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

A landfill gas generation model was performed to determine these emissions, and the results of the model are presented in the final results table (Table 4.1). The mass of the plastic filters have not been discounted by 20 percent as the total mass of plastic filters is only an estimate. 3.4.3 OIL CONTAINER EMISSIONS Under the Baseline scenario, virgin HDPE must be manufactured (BE1) and transported to plastics manufacturers (BE2) in order to compensate for the HDPE containers deposited in landfill in the absence of a recycling program. The containers collected contain residual oil, which was assumed to amount to 10 percent. Thus, the mass of virgin HDPE is equal to 90 percent of the total mass of oil containers collected. Appropriate emission factors were used to calculate GHG emissions associated with this Element. Final disposal occurs at municipal landfills, and with the assumption made that plastic are an inert material, no emissions are associated with disposal of HDPE containers in landfill. 3.5 PROJECT EMISSIONS (EXCLUDING TRANSPORTATION) The GHG emissions from each of the non-transportation Project Elements consist of the following: • Used oil: re-refining of used oil by Processors and the combustion of used oil at pulp mills and asphalt plants (Re-refine and Reuse PE3 and Use as a Fuel PE3) • Oil filters: processing of paper and steel oil filters by Processors and incineration of paper filters (Metal Filters PE3 and Paper Filters PE3) • Oil containers: processing of oil containers by Processors (PE3) Facility data was collected from M&R Environmental for oil filters and oil containers, and from Safety-Kleen for used oil, which was utilized to calculate the emissions associated with the processing of each material. Emission factors for combustion of the used oil at the pulp mills and asphalt plants, and of the paper filters at the Burnaby waste-to-energy facility were chosen from database resources. See Section 2.2 for more information regarding the emission factors selected. 071620 (2) 18 CONESTOGA-ROVERS & ASSOCIATES
4.0 RESULTS OF THE STUDY Based on the input data and the data analysis resources and methods used during this Study, the following presents the results of the 2009 GHG Savings Study. For the 2009 year, BCUOMA's programs resulted in the following GHG savings (also presented in Table 4.1): Recycled Oil • 2.47 kg CO2 equivalent per liter of used oil that is collected and re-refined or used as a fuel • 109,931,357 kg CO2 equivalent total GHG savings for 2009 Recycled Oil Filters • 1.09 kg CO2 equivalent per filter that is collected and recycled in a steel mill • 5,395,372 kg CO2 equivalent total GHG savings for 2009 Recycled Oil Containers • 2.11 kg CO2 equivalent per kg of oil container that is collected and processed for sale as HDPE pellets • 2,198,298 kg CO2 equivalent total GHG savings for 2009 The total GHG savings realized for BCUOMA's program for the year 2009 is estimated to be 117,525,027 kg CO2 equivalent, which equates to the following: • Powering approximately 549,776 B.C. households for one year • Removing approximately 33,761 cars from the road Additionally, it should be noted that oil re-refining results in additional GHG savings of 339 percent when compared to the GHG savings associated with the use of oil in the pulp mills and asphalt plants. Table 4.1 provides a breakdown of the GHG emissions associated with each Element within the Study. Note that the results are subject to the assumptions and limitations made throughout this study. 071620 (2) 19 CONESTOGA-ROVERS & ASSOCIATES
Page 1 and 2: 2009 GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) SAVINGS S
Page 3 and 4: LIST OF FIGURES (Following Text) FI
Page 5 and 6: 1.0 INTRODUCTION This 2009 Greenhou
Page 7 and 8: and containers from the Generators
Page 9 and 10: Appendix B contains all the relevan
Page 11 and 12: Recycled Oil Filters (Metal) M&R En
Page 13 and 14: on material) and methane generation
Page 15 and 16: With the calculated annual growth r
Page 17 and 18: municipality, as provided in the 20
Page 19 and 20: Approximately 8 percent of the filt
Page 21: filter, and container products that
Page 25 and 26: Kodjak, D. (2004). "Policy Discussi
Page 27: 071620 (2) ATTACHMENT 1 MICROSOFT E
Page 31 and 32: CRA 071620 (2) TABLE 2.1 MATERIAL Q
Page 33 and 34: CRA 071620 (2) Enter Study Year: En
Page 41 and 42: TABLE 3.3 PROJECT - DESTINATION DIS
Page 47 and 48: TABLE 4.1 RESULTS OF THE GHG SAVING
Page 49 and 50: TABLE 4.1 RESULTS OF THE GHG SAVING
Page 65 and 66: 071620 (2) APPENDIX B DATA CALCULAT
Page 67 and 68: APPENDIX B DATA CALCULATIONS 2009 G
Page 69 and 70: Oil Container Processing APPENDIX B
Page 71 and 72: APPENDIX B DATA CALCULATIONS 2009 G
Page 73 and 74:
Emission Factor (GHG) Data Per Elem
Page 75 and 76:
APPENDIX C RAW EMISSION FACTOR DATA
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Propane - Production of Liquid Prop
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83:
Recycled Oil Containers APPENDIX C
show all

2009 Greenhouse Gas Savings Study Report - Alberta Used Oil ...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?