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Table 3 Inventories for landfilling, recycling, composting, and incineration facilities

From: Material flow analysis and life cycle assessment of solid waste management in urban green areas, Thailand

Resources Input

Value

Unit

Ref.

Landfilling

 Electricity

2.5

kWh t− 1

[35]

 Electricity demand for gas collection

0.2

kWh m−3 landfill gas

[35]

 Diesel

0.6

L t− 1

[35]

Recycling

 Plastics

  

[36]

 Electricity

544.2

kWh t− 1

 Glass

  

[31]

 Coal brown

2.1

kg t− 1

 Natural gas

20.9

m3 t− 1

 Coal

10.3

kg t− 1

 Limestone

4.5

kg t− 1

 Sodium chloride

0.6

kg t− 1

 Paper

  

[31]

 Electricity

436.7

kWh t− 1

 Kaolin

53.5

kg t− 1

 Aluminium sulphate powder

8.6

kg t− 1

 Aluminium

  

[31]

 Electricity

89.1

kWh t−1

 Total Thermal Energy

3328.6

MJ

 Bauxite

0.1

kg t−1

 Cast ingot

700

kg t−1

Composting

 Electricity

5.6

kWh t−1

Wiang Fang plant, Chiang Rai, Thailand [35]

 Diesel

1.3

L t− 1

Incineration

 Electricity

86.4

kWh t−1

Phuket incineration plant [37]

 Diesel

0.4

kg t− 1

 

 NaOH

0.03

kg t− 1

 Lime

6.5

kg t−1

 Water

356

kg t−1