Potential for future reductions of global GHG and air pollutants from circular waste management systems

A Gómez-Sanabria, G Kiesewetter, Z Klimont… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The rapidly rising generation of municipal solid waste jeopardizes the environment and
contributes to climate heating. Based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, we here …

Mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions from waste: conclusions and strategies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth …

J Bogner, R Pipatti, S Hashimoto… - Waste Management …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from post-consumer waste and wastewater are a small
contributor (about 3%) to total global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Emissions for 2004 …

Links between circular economy and climate change mitigation in the built environment

A Gallego-Schmid, HM Chen, M Sharmina… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction sector represents one of the most significant sources of waste generation in
the European Union (EU), with nearly one billion tonnes of construction and demolition …

Circular economy strategies for combating climate change and other environmental issues

M Yang, L Chen, J Wang, G Msigwa, AI Osman… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Global industrialization and excessive dependence on nonrenewable energy sources have
led to an increase in solid waste and climate change, calling for strategies to implement a …

Health co-benefits of achieving sustainable net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California

T Wang, Z Jiang, B Zhao, Y Gu, KN Liou… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The achievement of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2100 is required to limit
global temperature rise below 2° C above preindustrial levels. Earlier accomplishments of …

Urban cross-sector actions for carbon mitigation with local health co-benefits in China

A Ramaswami, K Tong, A Fang, RM Lal… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Cities offer unique strategies to reduce fossil fuel use through the exchange of energy and
materials across homes, businesses, infrastructure and industries co-located in urban areas …

The world's growing municipal solid waste: trends and impacts

DMC Chen, BL Bodirsky, T Krueger… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Global municipal waste production causes multiple environmental impacts, including
greenhouse gas emissions, ocean plastic accumulation, and nitrogen pollution. However …

Solid waste and the circular economy: a global analysis of waste treatment and waste footprints

A Tisserant, S Pauliuk, S Merciai… - Journal of Industrial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed and comprehensive accounts of waste generation and treatment form the
quantitative basis of designing and assessing policy instruments for a circular economy …

Energy systems in scenarios at net-zero CO2 emissions

J DeAngelo, I Azevedo, J Bistline, L Clarke… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving net-zero CO2 emissions has become the explicitgoal of many climate-energy
policies around the world. Although many studies have assessed net-zero emissions …

The carbon-sequestration potential of municipal wastewater treatment

D Rosso, MK Stenstrom - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
The lack of proper wastewater treatment results in production of CO2 and CH4 without the
opportunity for carbon sequestration and energy recovery, with deleterious effects for global …