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Table 10 Compared ReCiPe 2008 Midpoint (H) V1.13 results with other LCIA methods without resources recovery

From: Life cycle analysis of potential municipal solid wastes management scenarios in Tanzania: the case of Arusha City

Category

Unit

 

ReCiPe

ILCD

IPCC 2013

Fresh water eutrophication

kg P eq

SN-1

4.5

4.5

–

SN-2

6.4 × 10 - 4

6.4 × 10 - 4

–

SN-3

1.7 × 10 - 3

1.7 × 10 - 3

–

Human toxicity

kg1,4-DCB eq

SN-1

10.9

–

–

SN-2

10.5

–

–

SN-3

11.2

–

–

Particulate matter formation

kg PM10

SN-1

0.05

–

–

SN-2

0.44

–

–

SN-3

0.28

–

–

Fresh water ecotoxicity

kg 1,4-DCB eq

SN-1

0.86

6.2 CTU

–

SN-2

0.83

4.7 CTU

–

SN-3

0.86

5.0 CTU

–

Climate change

kg CO2 eq

SN-1

1305

1984

1665

SN-2

91

136

115

SN-3

274

414

348

Terrestrial ecotoxicity

kg 1,4-DCB eq

SN-1

1.1 × 10 - 3

–

–

SN-2

8.7 × 10 - 4

–

–

SN-3

8.9 × 10 - 4

–

–

Photochemical oxidant formation

kg NMVOC eq

SN-1

0.74

0.74

–

SN-2

0.14

0.14

–

SN-3

0.3

0.3

–

Terrestrial acidification

kg SO2 eq

SN-1

0.11

0.14 mol H+ eq

–

SN-2

3.3

3.9 mol H+ eq

–

SN-3

1.9

2.3 mol H+ eq

–

  1. SN-1 RCL_LF, SN-2; (RCL_CP_LF) and SN-3; (RCL_AD_LF), where RCL Recycling, LF Landfilling, CP Composting, AD Anaerobic digestion, DCB Dichlorobenzene, NMVOC Non-methane volatile organic compounds, CTU Comparative Toxic Units