Reference product: municipal solid waste [kg]
Location: CA-NS - Canada, Nova Scotia
This dataset represents the activity of waste disposal of municipal solid waste in a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) // Recommended use of this dataset: For average municipal/communal waste mixture. Not suitable to represent any single specific waste material, like plastics, paper, cardboard. If your waste is a specific mixture of waste materials, inventory the respective waste materials individually. // Inventoried waste contains 92.8% average municipal solid waste, burnable part; 7.23% average municipal solid waste, unburnable (inert) part; . // Waste composition (wet, in ppm): upper heating value 13.05 MJ/kg; lower heating value 11.7 MJ/kg; H2O 225260; O 261060; H 43105; C 338960; S 1532.3; N 3206.1; P 757.42; B 7.3826; Cl 6670; Br 129.32; F 366.39; I 0.012418; Ag 0.73279; As 1.4061; Ba 152.96; Cd 8.0053; Co 1.3807; Cr 139.58; Cu 930.87; Hg 0.65684; Mn 266.19; Mo 2.0065; Ni 52.342; Pb 413.61; Sb 53.368; Se 0.3281; Sn 99.553; V 9.4572; Zn 1127.9; Be 470.85; Sc n.a.; Sr n.a.; Ti 2616.4; Tl n.a.; W n.a.; Si 49786; Fe 23628; Ca 18346; Al 11395; K 2132.7; Mg 2568.9; Na 4741.6; // Share of carbon in waste that is biogenic 61.1%. // Share of metals in waste not oxidised and bulk-recyclable (exclude very small or thin parts) Iron: 72.06%; Alu: 38.71%; Copper: 45.44%. // One kg of this waste produces 0.2221 kg of slag and 0.02224 kg of residues, which are landfilled. Additional solidification with 0.008896 kg of cement. // Net energy production: 1.39MJ/kg electric energy and 2.85MJ/kg thermal energy. // Recovery of metal scrap to recycling: 9.7909g iron scrap, 1.2162g aluminium scrap, 0.12319g copper scrap.
[This dataset has been generated using the system model "Allocation, cut-off by classification". A system model describes how activity datasets are linked to form product systems. The allocation cut-off system model subdivides multi-product activities by allocation, based on a physical properties, economic, mass or other properties. By-products of waste treatment processes are cut-off, as are all by-products classified as recyclable. Markets in this model include all activities in proportion to their current production volume.
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