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Externalities of energy sources: The operation of a municipal solid waste-to-energy incineration facility in the greater Thessaloniki area, Greece.
Waste Management ( IF 8.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-21 , DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.06.015
Christos Vlachokostas 1 , Charisios Achillas 2 , Alexandra V Michailidou 1 , George Tsegas 1 , Nicolas Moussiopoulos 1
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There is much debate around promoting waste to energy incineration facilities in many communities globally, mainly because of social opposition against potential negative health effects of the operation of these installations close to urban areas. In this paper, a novel decision support approach is developed and its applicability is demonstrated for the greater Thessaloniki area, Greece. In this area, the incineration facilities are hotly debated, mainly due to the “Not In My Back Yard” syndrome related with health considerations. The exclusive method of treatment is landfilling. Health impacts and corresponding externalities attributed to the operation of an incineration facility are reliably estimated. Three potential alternative sites and three scenarios of emission rates are considered, depending on the abatement technology used. The estimated externalities are compared to the corresponding ones attributed to other pressures in the area. The “Years of Life Lost (YOLL)” indicator attributed to the operation of the facility is 2.8 YOLL in the worst-case scenario. This corresponds to a minimal added implication in comparison with the 11,044 YOLL estimated for the area due to the other environmental pressures (road traffic, space heating, industrial activity). The externalities ratio (externalities due to incineration facility/total externalities) for the region is approximately 0.03%. Thus, the impact of this operation on human health is negligible -and preferable to landfilling- even in the case that maximum emission rates are considered. Efforts should be targeted towards enhancing public awareness and militating the widely acknowledged “Not In My Back Yard” syndrome by local communities.



中文翻译:

能源的外部性:希腊大萨洛尼卡地区的市政固体废物转化为能源的焚化设施的运营。

关于在全球许多社区中将废物转化为能源焚烧设施的争论很多,主要是因为社会反对这些设施在靠近城市地区运营的潜在负面健康影响。在本文中,开发了一种新颖的决策支持方法,并证明了其在希腊塞萨洛尼基大区的适用性。在这一领域,关于焚化设施的争论非常激烈,这主要是由于与健康相关的“不在我的后院”综合症。唯一的处理方法是填埋。可靠地估算了焚烧设施的运行对健康的影响和相应的外部性。根据所使用的减排技术,考虑了三个潜在的替代地点和三种排放率方案。将估计的外部性与归因于该区域其他压力的相应外部性进行比较。在最坏的情况下,归因于该设施的运行的“丧失生命年数”(YOLL)指标为2.8 LLLL。与由于其他环境压力(道路交通,空间供暖,工业活动)而对该地区估计的11,044 YOLL相比,这意味着最小的附加影响。该地区的外部性比率(由焚烧设施引起的外部性/总外部性)约为0.03%。因此,即使考虑最大排放率,该操作对人体健康的影响也可以忽略不计,并且比填埋更为可取。

更新日期:2020-06-23
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