1,748
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Technical Papers

Greenhouse gas emissions estimation from proposed El Fukhary Landfill in the Gaza Strip

, &
Pages 597-608 | Received 15 Jun 2015, Accepted 09 Feb 2016, Published online: 01 Jun 2016

References

  • AbdAlqader, A., and J. Hamad. 2012. Municipal solid waste composition determination supporting the integrated solid waste management in Gaza Strip. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Dev. 3(2): 172–77. doi:10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.210
  • Abdulla, F.A., and Z.D. Al-Ghazzawi. 2000. Methane emissions from domestic waste management facilities in Jordan—Applicability of IPCC methodology. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 50(2): 234–39. doi:10.1080/10473289.2000.10464011
  • Abu-Jasser, A. 2014. Energy content in municipal reject materials in Rafah Governorate–Palestine. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Sanit. 9(1): 51–56
  • Abufoul, A.M., R.Y. Alkhatib, M.S. Abualqumboz, and T.J. AbuNamaJ. 2014. Effects of Irrigation with treated wastewater on the physical properties and chemical composition of white corn. IUG J. Nat. Eng. Stud. 22(1): 77–96
  • Abushammala, M.F.M., N.E.A. Basri, H. Basri, A.A.H. Kadhum, and A.H. El-Shafie. 2012. Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from Sungai Sedu open dumping during wet season in Malaysia. Ecol. Eng. 49(0): 254–63. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.013
  • Al-Ghazawi, Z., and F. Abdulla. 2008. Mitigation of methane emissions from sanitary landfills and sewage treatment plants in Jordan. Clean Technol. Environ. Policy 10(4): 341–50. doi:10.1007/s10098-008-0145-8
  • Alexander, A., C. Burklin, and A. Singleton. 2005. Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) Version 3.02 User’s Guide. Washington, DC: EPA.
  • Aljaradin, M., and Persson, K. M. 2012. Environmental impact of municipal solid waste landfills in semi-arid climates—Case study—Jordan. Open Waste Manage. J. 5(1): 28–39. doi:10.2174/1876400201205010028
  • Ambade, B.R., S. Sharma, Y. Sharma, and Y. Sharma. 2014. Assessment of landfill gas and methane emission at Keru landfill site, Jodhpur (India). Int. J. Environ. Eng. 6(2): 239–47. doi:10.1504/IJEE.2014.062159
  • Amini, H.R., D.R. Reinhart, and A. Niskanen. 2013. Comparison of first-order-decay modeled and actual field measured municipal solid waste landfill methane data. Waste Manage. 33(12): 2720–28. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.025
  • Bingemer, H.G., and P.J. Crutzen. 1987. The production of methane from solid wastes. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. (1984–2012) 92(D2): 2181–87. doi:10.1029/JD092iD02p02181
  • Chakraborty, M., C. Sharma, J. Pandey, and P.K. Gupta. 2013. Assessment of energy generation potentials of MSW in Delhi under different technological options. Energy Convers. Manage. 75: 249–55. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.027
  • Chalvatzaki, E., and M. Lazaridis. 2010. Estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills: application to the Akrotiri landfill site (Chania, Greece). Global NEST 12(1): 108–16. doi:10.1177/0734242X09353060
  • Chauhan, B.S., K. Prabhjyot, G. Mahajan, R.K. Randhawa, H. Singh, and M.S. Kang. 2014. Global warming and its possible impact on agriculture in India. In Advances in Agronomy, ed. L.S. Donald, vol. 123, 65–121. St. Louis, MO: Academic Press.
  • de Nevers, N. 2010. Air Pollution Control Engineering, 2nd ed. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
  • Dhillon, R.S., and G. von Wuehlisch. 2013. Mitigation of global warming through renewable biomass. Biomass Bioenergy 48: 75–89. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.11.005
  • El Baba, M.Y., and F. De Smedt. 2013, January. Solid Waste Management and Practices in Gaza Strip (Palestine). Paper presented at the 6th International Perspective on Water Resources & Environment, Izmir, Turkey.
  • El-Fadel, M., A.N. Findikakis, and J.O. Leckie. 1997. Environmental impacts of solid waste landfilling. J. Environ. Manage. 50(1): 1–25. doi:10.1006/jema.1995.0131
  • EPA. 1996. Turning a Liability into an Asset: A Landfill Gas-to-energy Project Development Handbook. Washington, DC: EPA.
  • EPA. 2010. Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Natural Sources. Washington, DC: EPA.
  • EPA. 2011. Available and Emerging Technologies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Washington, DC: EPA.
  • Galdos, M., O. Cavalett, J.E.A. Seabra, L.A.H. Nogueira, and A. Bonomi. 2013. Trends in global warming and human health impacts related to Brazilian sugarcane ethanol production considering black carbon emissions. Appl. Energy 104: 576–82. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.002
  • Giess, P., A. Bush, and M. Dye. 1999. Trace gas measurements in landfill gas from closed landfill sites. Int. J. Environ. Stud. 57(1): 65–77. doi:10.1080/00207239908711256
  • Hardy, J.T. 2003. Climate Change: Causes, Effects, and Solutions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Heyer, K.U., K. Hupe, and R. Stegmann. 2013. Methane emissions from MBT landfills. Waste Manage. 33(9): 1853–60. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.012
  • Holtsmark, B. 2015. Quantifying the global warming potential of CO2 emissions from wood fuels. GCB Bioenergy 7(2): 195–206. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12110
  • Houghton, J.T. 1997. Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Paris, France: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ).
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2000. Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Paris, France: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2006. IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Hayama, Japan: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and J. Houghton. 1996. Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reporting Instructions. Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
  • Jha, A.K., C. Sharma, N. Singh, R. Ramesh, R. Purvaja, and R.K. Gupta. 2008. Greenhouse gas emissions from municipal solid waste management in Indian mega-cities: A case study of Chennai landfill sites. Chemosphere 71(4): 750–58. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.10.024
  • Johari, A., S.I. Ahmed, H. Hashim, H. Alkali, and M. Ramli. 2012. Economic and environmental benefits of landfill gas from municipal solid waste in Malaysia. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 16(5): 2907–12. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.005
  • Khatib, I., and N. Al-Khateeb. 2009. Solid waste treatment opportunities in the Palestinian authority areas. Waste Manage. 29(5): 1680–84. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2008.10.022
  • Kim, H.-S., and S.-M. Yi. 2009. Methane emission estimation from landfills in Korea (1978–2004): Quantitative assessment of a new approach. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 59(1): 70–77. doi:10.3155/1047-3289.59.1.70
  • Kumar, A., and M.P. Sharma. 2014. Estimation of GHG emission and energy recovery potential from MSW landfill sites. Sustain. Energy Technol. Assess. 5: 50–61. doi:10.1016/j.seta.2013.11.004
  • Kumar, S., S.A. Gaikwad, A.V. Shekdar, P.S. Kshirsagar, and R.N. Singh. 2004. Estimation method for national methane emission from solid waste landfills. Atmos. Environ. 38(21): 3481–87. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.057
  • Municipal Development and Lending Fund. 2012. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Gaza Solid Waste Management Project. Gaza, Palestine: Municipal Development and Lending Fund.
  • Mohareb, E.A., H.L. MacLean, and C.A. Kennedy. 2011. Greenhouse gas emissions from waste management—Assessment of quantification methods. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 61(5): 480–93. doi:10.3155/1047-3289.61.5.480
  • Mor, S., K. Ravindra, A. De Visscher, R.P. Dahiya, and A. Chandra. 2006. Municipal solid waste characterization and its assessment for potential methane generation: A case study. Sci. Total Environ. 371(1–3): 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.014
  • Noor, Z.Z., R.O. Yusuf, A.H. Abba, M.A. Abu Hassan, and M.F. Mohd Din. 2013. An overview for energy recovery from municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Malaysia scenario. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 20: 378–84. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.050
  • Oh, T.H., S.Y. Pang, and S.C. Chua. 2010. Energy policy and alternative energy in Malaysia: Issues and challenges for sustainable growth. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 14(4): 1241–52. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2009.12.003
  • Oonk, H. 2012. Efficiency of landfill gas collection for methane emission reduction. Greenhouse Gas Measure. Manage. 2(2–3): 129–45. doi:10.1080/20430779.2012.730798
  • Ouda, O.K. 2013. Assessment of the environmental values of waste-to-energy in the Gaza Strip. Curr. World Environ. 8(3): 355–64. doi:10.12944/CWE.8.3.03
  • Palestinian Water Authority. 2013. Water resources in the Occupied State of Palestine—2012. Ramallah, Palestine: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).
  • Scarlat, N., V. Motola, J.F. Dallemand, F. Monforti-Ferrario, and L. Mofor. 2015. Evaluation of energy potential of municipal solid waste from African urban areas. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 50:1269–86. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.067
  • Solomon, S. 2007. Climate Change 2007—The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Vol. 4). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • SWEEP-Net. 2014. Country report on the solid waste management in the occupied Palestinian territory. Tunis, Tunisia: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
  • Tchobanoglous, G., H. Theisen, and S. Vigil. 1993. Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Tercan, S.H., A.F. Cabalar, and G. Yaman. 2015. Analysis of a landfill gas to energy system at the municipal solid waste landfill in Gaziantep, Turkey. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 65(8): 912–18. doi:10.1080/10962247.2015.1036178
  • Themelis, N.J., and P.A. Ulloa. 2007. Methane generation in landfills. Renew. Energy 32(7): 1243–57. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2006.04.020
  • United Nations. 2012. Gaza in 2020 A liveable place?: Jerusalem, Palestine: United Nations.
  • United Nations Environment Programme. 2009. Environmental assessment of the Gaza Strip following the escalation of hostilities in December 2008–January 2009. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
  • Velinni, A.A. 2007. Landfill Research Trends. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Yang, L., Z. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, and Y. Xie. 2015. Comparison study of landfill gas emissions from subtropical landfill with various phases: A case study in Wuhan, China. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 65(8): 980–86. doi:10.1080/10962247.2015.1051605.
  • Zhu, H., M.O. Letzel, M. Reiser, M. Kranert, W. Bächlin, and T. Flassak. 2013. A new approach to estimation of methane emission rates from landfills. Waste Manage. 33(12): 2713–19. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.08.027
  • Zietsman, J., M.E. Bari, A.J. Rand, B. Gokhale, D. Lord, and S. Kumar. 2008. Feasibility of landfill gas as a liquefied natural gas fuel source for refuse trucks. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 58(5): 613–19. doi:10.3155/1047-3289.58.5.613.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.