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Table 63-34: Summary of Damage Costs – AD Systems
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Damage Damage costs, costs, € per tonne of input to process process
On On-site On site use use of of biogas biogas to
to
generate generate electricity
electricity
Use Use of of upgraded upgraded biogas biogas to
to
fuel fuel fuel buses
buses
High High Low Low High High Low
Low
Climate Change €11.70 €9.75 €6.21 €5.20
Air Quality - €0.25 - €0.09 - €5.21 - €1.81
Benefits – use of compost - €7.32 - €6.83 - €7.32 - €6.83
TOTALS €4.13 €2.83 - €6.32 - €3.44
Notes
Climate change and air quality impacts include the emissions offsets attributable to the
generation of energy
63.10 Benefits of the Policy Package to Ireland
We have attempted to calculate the benefits of the proposed policies in the Main
Report to Ireland. The basis for the calculation is as follows:
� The year for which benefits are calculated is 2016;
� The benefits cover those from municipal waste only;
� Growth rates are estimated as in Table 63-35;
� Capture rates are assumed to be as in Table 63-36 (this level of capture will
meet the targets set out);
� A food waste prevention effect equivalent to 10% of food waste is assumed to
be related to the introduction of food waste collections in households and
commercial enterprises;
� The greenhouse gas effects include all greenhouse gases, so do not reflect
reporting to IPCC. The figures used are from previous sections in the Annex;
� The monetised benefits from textiles recycling and food waste prevention
relate to GHGs only;
� For organics, we have assumed emissions of 0.25 tonnes CO2 equ per tonne
of waste and we have assumed environmental costs (not benefits) of the
average of the AD plant using electricity only, and the in-vessel composting
plant modelled earlier in this Annex; and
� The GHG benefits from avoided disposal are related only to biodegradable
materials, and are calculated as an average of the non-landfill treatments
modelled.
The results for greenhouse gas savings are shown in Table 63-36. The overall
environmental benefits are shown in Table 63-37. It can be seen that benefits in