Research Article

Potential of Abattoir Waste for Bioenergy as Sustainable Management, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019

Table 2

Annual estimation greenhouse gas emission from disposal sites of abattoirs, 2019.

Name of abattoirsGHG emission from dumping sites (tonCO2-e)
DailyWeeklyMonthlyAnnually

Harar0.0730.5162.21326.942
Dire Dawa0.3342.33710.016118.941
Haramaya0.0620.3161.28315.353
HU-E0.0570.4011.71820.393
Grand total0.5283.57115.230181.631

NB: tonCO2-e: a ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, also abbreviated as tonCO2eq, is a metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases on the basis of their global warming potential (GWP).