| Title | Composition and volumes of waste from northern and remote communities: a survey of the literature |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Gogolek, P E G |
| Source | 2020, 16 pages  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Yukon; Nunavut; Northwest Territories |
| Area | Whitehorse; Telsin; Yellowknife; Hay River; Iqaluit; Resolute |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -60.0000 84.0000 60.0000 |
| Subjects | Science and Technology; environmental geology; waste disposal; electric power; Waste management; Waste; Diesel fuel; Northern Canada; Northern studies |
| Illustrations | tables; histograms; graphs |
| Program | Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) |
| Released | 2020 07 01; 2020 09 14 |
| Abstract | (Summary)
Northern and remote communities have challenges in waste management. Isolation means they are not able to export their waste as is done in many places in the rest of Canada. An
option for handling waste in situ is to attempt to recover the energy value and displace local diesel power generation. The amount and composition of waste generated in these communities needs first to be understood.
A survey of the recently
published reports on waste management provides the necessary information. There is a high variability in reported rates of waste generation, from a low of 110 kg/person/year to a high of 1870 kg/person/year.
There is less information on the
composition of the waste from these communities. The range of heat value is from 8 MJ/kg to 11 MJ/kg.
This information translates into a potential for electric power generation from waste from a low of 0.4% of community requirements to a high of
9.1% of community requirements. The question of whether there are technologies available remains to be addressed. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327197 |
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