life cycle assessment of organic waste: application and relevance to new zealand simon love
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Life Cycle Assessment of Organic Waste: Application and Relevance to New Zealand Simon Love. PRESENTATION OUTLINE. 1. Introduction to LCA. 2. LCA and Organic Waste. 3. Scion’s ‘Waste 2 Gold’ Project. Part One: Brief introduction to LCA. Introduction to LCA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Life Cycle Assessment of Organic Waste: Application and Relevance to New Zealand
Simon Love
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. Introduction to LCA
2. LCA and Organic Waste
3. Scion’s ‘Waste 2 Gold’ Project
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Part One: Brief introduction to LCA
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Introduction to LCA
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analytical tool for the systematic and quantitative evaluation of the environmental impacts of a product or service system through all stages of its life.
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ISO STANDARDS
• ISO 14040 – ‘Principles and framework’- Terms used- Phases of an LCA - Methodological framework- Need for critical reviews
• ISO 14044 – ‘Requirements and guidelines’- More detailed guidelines for each step- More specific requirements- Guidelines for critical reviews- Examples of application
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Introduction to LCA
Life Cycle Assessment Framework
Interpretation
Impactassessment
Inventory analysis
Direct applications:• Product
development and improvement
• Strategic planning• Public policy
making• Marketing• Benchmarking• Ecolabels and
product declarations
Goal and scope definition
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Impact Categories in LCA
Input-related Categories1.Abiotic resources (e.g. minerals,
fossil fuels)2.Biotic resources (e.g. fish, logs)3.Land
Output-related categories4. Global warming5. Depletion of stratospheric ozone6. Human toxicological impacts7. Ecotoxicological impacts8. Photo-oxidant formation9. Acidification10.Eutrophication (incl. BOD and heat)11. Odour12.Noise13.Radiation14.Casualties
Impact categories according to SETAC-EUROPE working group on LCA
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Two types of LCAAttributional:
- Attributing impact to current activities
- i.e. ‘Footprint of process abc’
- Used for comparison and benchmarking
Consequential:
- Consequences of future activities
- i.e. What if we change a to z…?
- Higher uncertainty- Decision support
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Notables in the Life Cycle Assessment scene
Specialist Organisations
Crown Research Institutes
Legislative and Government bodies
UniversitiesConsultants
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Part Two: LCA and Organic Waste
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Challenges and Opportunities of Organic WasteChallenges:
- Large volumes - Methane gas from
decomposition- Odour- Leachate- Metals
Opportunities:
- Energy Source- Conversion to useful
products- Carbon-based- N & P - based- Land application
- Large volume reduction
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New Zealand Waste figures
• Total waste to landfill, year to June 2010:~2.5 million tonnes1
• Organic waste at 23%:~570,000 tonnes1
1. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/
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Options for Organic Waste
• A large proportion of organic waste in
New Zealand goes to landfill
• Other options:- Compost- Anaerobic digestion- Gasification- Pyrolysis- Incineration- Land application (biosolids)
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LCA Studies
• Can quantify important environmental impacts such as:
- Global warming (methane production)- Energy (methane for heat/electricity, energy balance
of incineration/drying/gasification)- Eutrophication (leachate to rivers/streams)
• May not be as useful for impacts such as:
- Accumulation of heavy metals (land application)- Odour
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Can be combined with:
• Economic (LCC):- Cost of processing- Useful byproducts- Energy production
• Social factors- Not traditionally in LCA- Emerging field- Necessary to account for human factors!
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Part Three: Scion’s ‘Waste to Gold’ Project
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Wet Oxidation Technology
• Feedstock: Biosolids from wastewater treatment
• High pressure and temperature in oxidising environment
• Outputs: Useful liquid products or energy, small amount of solids
• Over 90% solids reduction
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Waste to Gold
BiomassDeconstruction
High CarbonSolid Wastes
Energy Recovery
Biodegradable Intermediates
Bioconversion Liquid biofuels
Biopolymers
Bioenergy
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Economic and Other Potential Benefits
• Reduction in solid waste to landfill, resulting in increased landfill life
• Reduction of emissions from solid waste decomposition
• Can produce a range of useful outputs (organic intermediates or energy)
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RDC Case Study
• Rotorua District Council were interested in wet oxidation of biosolids
• LCA was employed for environmental comparison of current and future options
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Options Compared
• Current average NZ Landfill
• Landfill without methane capture
• Wet Oxidation (‘Waste 2 Gold’) variants
• Anaerobic Digestion variants
• Land Application
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System Boundary Diagram
Wet Air Oxidation and/or Anaerobic Digestion
Wet Air Oxidation and/or Anaerobic Digestion
PreparationPreparation
EnergyEnergy
Landfilling
Sludge DisposalSludge Disposal
Other InputsOther Inputs
Output MixOutput Mix
Energy Generation from biogas outputs
Energy Generation from biogas outputs
Useful Products
Useful Products
Production of alternative products
Production of alternative products System Expansion Conventional energy
generationConventional energy
generation
WaterWater
Use of energy & other productsUse of energy & other products
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Results
•W2G showed much promise in:- Global warming potential- Eutrophication potential- Solids Reduction
• But had high energy and ozone depletion potentials- Sensitivity analysis shows that results are very
sensitive to oxygen use and solids content, so much potential for improvement
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Other Technologies • Anaerobic digestion
- Good energy production- Reasonable solids reduction
• Landfill- Landfill gas capture makes large difference- Still potential for eutrophication and acidification
• Land application- Low energy alternative- Potential for heavy metals build-up- Application and transport could be a challenge- Public perception
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RDC Case Study
• Pilot scale plant currently being built
• MfE Waste Management Fund : $1m
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Conclusions & Future Work
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Conclusions• LCA can help to decide on the suitability of future
organic waste disposal options in NZ
• Can provide quantitative and qualitative results in many impact categories
• LCA assisted in putting case forward to gain WMF Funding for the Rotorua trial
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Future Work
• New Zealand-specific data collection and impact categories
• Life Cycle Costing and Social LCA
• Assessment of other new technologies