A Quantitative Study on the Benefit of Various Waste Classifications

Table 6

Emissions and capacities of waste classification methods in each country.

	Germany	The US	The UK	Sweden	Japan	China	Study
Output (mt)	51.1	258.5	26.4	4.4	43.0
GW (kt)	−519.5	2,419.7	108.2	−118.1	−1,979.6
AP (kt)	3.62	10.1	1.5	0.8	13.5
EC (kWh)	−4980.9	−12,019.1	−1840.8	−1124.8	−6892.0
Output (mt)	100	100	100	100	100
GW (kt)	−990.0	413.7	935.1	−2718.2	−4587.9
AP (kt)	7.1	5.4	3.9	19.0	31.4
EC (kWh)	−9.745E9	−6.930E9	−4.656E9	−25.88E9	−16.03E9

Note: “−” means a reduction in gas emission or energy saved. Orange and blue represent the worst and best performance, respectively; : unify the output variable.