Calculating Carbon Emission Effect of Waste Management Activities

Summary and Conclusions
As per the grasscycling example, in general, the higher a
practice is in the waste management hierarchy, the lower the
carbon footprint.
Logical and accepted methodologies for determining carbon
footprint of various waste management practices.
Difficult to accurately quantify emission reductions from
residential recycling.
Numbers used in carbon footprint calculations (emission
factors, GWP values) will change, more important is the chain
of logic used to determine how to do the calculation.
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