Waste treatment, office paper, at landfill {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

Included processes:The process begins with the input of office paper to landfill and includes processing of the landfill and emissions over the landfill life. Remark: Process is for the disposal f office paper in landfill using the assumptions outlined in the National Inventory Report Geography: Refers to an average production in the Australia. Technology: Average Time period:2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU

Sector: Waste Treatment
Contributor: —
Last updated: 06 Dec 2016
Reference ID: e04c9a9c-9ee2-3ac9-9d4a-ace1f818da96

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Quantitative reference: Waste treatment, office paper, at landfill {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure: —
Creation date: 06 Dec 2016
Is copyright protected: No
Is infrastructure process: No
Tags: waste treatment
Sources: Life Cycle Assessment of Waste and Resource Recovery Options/2003/Grant, James
National Inventory Report Vol 2/2016/Commonwealth of Australia
Wood Biodegradation in Laboratory-Scale Landfills/2011/X. Wang, J. M. Padgett

Technical inputs

Flow	Amount	Unit	Comment
Diesel, burned in building machine {GLO}\| market for diesel, burned in building machine \| Cut-off, U	38.6	MJ	(4,5,4,3,1,na) Diesel usage for waste handling at the landfill site=1L/tonne waste, pers. comm, S.Middleton, Pacific Waste, NSW, 1998.
Electricity, low voltage {AU}\| market for electricity, low voltage \| AusLCI, U	0.8	kWh	(4,5,4,3,1,na) Grant, James 2003
Sanitary landfill facility {GLO}\| market for sanitary landfill facility \| Cut-off, U	0.000000556	Item(s)	(4,5,2,1,1,na), Based on ecoinvent value

Outputs to treatment

Flow	Amount	Unit	Comment
Methane, combustion for power generation {AU}\| \| AusLCI, U	102.31466666666667	kg	—

Elementary flow outputs

Flow	Compartment	Sub-compartment	Amount	Unit	Comment
Carbon dioxide, non-fossil	Emission to air	high population density	667.5093333333334	kg	Calculated from waste parameters
Methane, non-fossil	Emission to air	high population density	119.11680000000003	kg	Calculated from waste parameters
NMVOC, non-methane volatile organic compounds	Emissions to air	high. pop.	1.757418666666667	kg	Calculated from waste parameters
Waste, final, inert	Final waste flows	—	647.9999999999999	kg	—

Other

Flow	Amount	Unit	Comment
Waste treatment, office paper, at landfill {AU}\| \| AusLCI, U	1000.0	kg	—

Parameters

Name	Value	Formula	Description
DOC	0.4	—	(4,1,1,1,1,na), Commonwealth of Australia 2016. Degradable Organic Content for office paper
CH4_Emission	119.11680000000003	CH4_production(1-Rec_CH4)(1-Ox)	kg CH4 not captured.
CO2_fromCH4ox	23.46666666666667	CH4_production12/16Ox*16/12	kg CO2 from oxidised methane through the cap
CO2_emission	667.5093333333334	CO2_fromCH4ox+CO2_Production	Combines the emission of carbon dioxide from biogas and from oxidation of methane excaping through cap.
DOCf	0.88	—	(2,3,1,1,1,na) Fraction of DOC which dissimilates for office paper. Commonwealth of Australia 2016
NMVOC_emission	1.757418666666667	EF_NMVOC*(CH4_production+CO2_Production)	kg NMVOC emission is 2% of biogas.
CH4_Recovered	102.31466666666667	CH4_production*(Rec_CH4)	kg CH4 captured and sent to flaring and power generation.
Ox	0.1	—	(2,3,1,1,1,5), Landfill oxidation factor based on Commonwealth of Australia 2016
CO2_Production	644.0426666666667	(DOCDOCf(1-F1))(1-EF_NMVOC)44/12*1000	kg CO2 from biogas
EDV_Diesel	38.6	—	MJ/l ADO energy density
Moisture_Cont	0.12	—	Inferred from USEPA calculation between dry and wet waste calculations
Rec_CH4	0.436	—	(2
EF_NMVOC	0.002	—	(2
F1	0.5	—	(2
CH4_production	234.66666666666669	DOCDOCfF116/121000	kg CH4 from biogas