Title: Recovery of EACH-USP Organic Waste as an Instrument for Achieving Sustainability
Abstract: The large generation of urban solid waste in Brazil has as one of its characteristics the predominance of the organic fraction. When disposed in landfills, this fraction can cause public and environmental health problems, increase the emission of greenhouse gases and contribute to a reduction in the landfills’ lifespan. Considering that university restaurants are great generators of organic waste, this research tries to approach how the valorization of these wastes using the biodigestion process would contribute to the increase of the sustainability at the campus EACH-USP. This management model avoids the disposal of organic waste in landfills (reducing emissions from the transport of waste to landfills), can generate electric energy and can provide a by-product with potential fertilizer. For this approach, organic waste generation data on campus were analyzed, also was estimated the energetic potential of this waste and the avoided CO2 emissions, through the adaptation of the GHG protocol tool. The results indicate that the management of organic waste is very important for sustainability in the context of university campuses, since its valuation focuses directly on the environmental issue.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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