Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
1990
0.620 0.840
Sub-Sector
Waste Emissions
Table 7-2: Nevada Solid Waste Emissions (MMTCO₂eq)
1995
2000
2005
1.219
MSW
0.562
0.762
1.106
Industrial Waste
0.057
0.078
0.113
Avoided emissions
Landfill Flaring
LFGTE
-0.052
-0.052
1.455
0.149
-0.052
-0.052
2010
1.603 2.015 2.078
1.828
0.187
2011
2012
2013
2.133 2.180
1.885
0.193
-0.163 -0.163 -0.294 -0.731
-0.163. -0.163
1.935
0.198
1.978
0.202
-0.163
-0.163
-0.131
-0.569
0.620 0.840
1.167 1.551
1.852 1.915
1.839
1.449
Total Emissions
Figure 7-1: Solid Waste Emissions, 1990 - 2013 (MMTCO₂eq)
Landfill flaring
2.5
LFGTE
■MSW
2.0
Industrial waste
Emissions (MMTCO₂eq)
1.5
10
1.0
0.5
0.0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
7.2.2 Projected Emissions
Emissions from solid waste are expected to grow through 2030 with the previous 2012 peak being
surpassed in 2022. This is because waste is tied to changes in population. As Nevada's population
increases, so too will its solid waste. Projections of solid waste have been traditionally tied directly to
changes in Nevada's population; that is, when the population increases by a particular percent, there is
an equal increase in waste disposed. One of the problems with this method is that it fails to consider
changes in recycling efforts, gas-recovery systems, and other changes relating to how people manage
their waste and how waste is treated once it gets to the landfill. Because of this, projected emissions in
this report are based on forecasted post-recession WIP figures. In this estimate, projections for solid
waste emissions do not include increases to landfill gas-recovery systems as none have been formally
announced and data in regards to the scaling of existing systems was unavailable. Figure 7-2 shows the
historical emissions and a projection of solid waste emissions; actual emissions are solid and avoided
emissions from gas-recovery are the dashed areas at the top of the figure. The vertical dashed line
marks the end of historical emissions and the beginning of the projections.
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