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980<br />

29/09/09<br />

costs for CH4 and N2O are calculated by multiplying this figure by their<br />

respective Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) <strong>of</strong> 21 and 310.<br />

Table 63-1 shows the unit damage costs used.<br />

Table 63-1: Low and High Unit Damage Costs (€/tonne) in 2009 prices<br />

Emission Emission<br />

Low Low Damage Damage Cost Cost High High Damage Damage Cost<br />

Cost<br />

CO2 €26.64 €32.14<br />

CH4 €559.44 €674.86<br />

N2O €8,258.40 €9,962.16<br />

NH3 €3,213.60 €9,146.40<br />

VOCs €840.48 €2,472.00<br />

SOx €5,932.80 €17,304.00<br />

NOx €4,696.80 €13,596.00<br />

CO €1.36 €2.71<br />

Cd €25,956.00 €25,956.00<br />

Cr €21,012.00 €21,012.00<br />

Hg €7,416,000.00 €7,416,000.00<br />

Ni €2,595.60 €2,595.60<br />

Pb €741,600 €741,600<br />

Dioxin €45,732,000,000.00 €45,732,000,000.00<br />

As €98,880.00 €98,880.00<br />

PM2.5 €18,540.00 €51,912.00<br />

There remain considerable gaps in our knowledge <strong>of</strong> the environmental impacts <strong>of</strong><br />

waste management options, and even where the knowledge is ‘emergent’,<br />

straightforward approaches to valuing benefits or costs rarely exist. Some <strong>of</strong> the<br />

uncertainties involved in this kind <strong>of</strong> analysis are highlighted in the conclusions <strong>of</strong> a<br />

recent Danish study, which noted, regarding dioxins from incineration:<br />

The American Environmental Protection Agency put out a draft version <strong>of</strong> a<br />

report from a very thorough dioxin study in 2000 (US-EPA, 2000). This study<br />

Central Statistics Office’s National Income and Expenditure 2007. To this we have added information<br />

received from the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Finance as to the rates <strong>of</strong> price increase from 2000 to 2002, the<br />

<strong>Department</strong>’s estimate for 2008, and the <strong>Department</strong>’s forecast for 2009. The effect is to increase<br />

2000 prices by 23.6% in order to convert them to 2009 prices.

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