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An economic evaluation and assessment of environmental impact of the municipal solid waste management system for Taichung City in Taiwan

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Pages 527-540 | Published online: 24 Apr 2012

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Figure 1. Geographical distribution of districts, collection stations, incinerators, compost facilities, and landfills in Taichung City.

Figure 1. Geographical distribution of districts, collection stations, incinerators, compost facilities, and landfills in Taichung City.

Figure 2. The entire life cycle of MSWM system currently operated in Taichung City.

Figure 2. The entire life cycle of MSWM system currently operated in Taichung City.

Table 1. The treatment costs and selling prices of recyclable materials

Table 2. The operation parameters and pollutant emission coefficients of incinerators in Taichung City (CitationEPA of Taiwan, 2009)

Table 3. The least-cost results of MSWM strategy and pollution emissions for Scenario 1

Table 4. The throughputs among collection stations for Scenario 1

Table 5. The throughputs and pollution emissions among incinerators for Scenario 1

Table 6. Variation of related costs and benefits for different reduction levels of each pollution emissions

Figure 3. Variation of throughputs of incinerators for different reduction levels of pollutant emissions.

Figure 3. Variation of throughputs of incinerators for different reduction levels of pollutant emissions.

Figure 4. Variation of throughputs of landfills for different reduction levels of pollutant emissions.

Figure 4. Variation of throughputs of landfills for different reduction levels of pollutant emissions.

Table 7. Variation of pollution emissions for reducing a specific air pollutant

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