Carbon Footprint of Food Waste Management: A Case Study in Rio De Janeiro

The negative effects of municipal solid waste management to the environment are associated with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, especially regarding the biodegradation of the organic fraction of the waste in landfills, which is considered its final destin

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Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu   Editor

Carbon Footprint Case Studies Municipal Solid Waste Management, Sustainable Road Transport and Carbon Sequestration

Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes Series Editor Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Head of Sustainability - SgT Group and API, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Indexed by Scopus This series aims to broadly cover all the aspects related to environmental assessment of products, development of environmental and ecological indicators and eco-design of various products and processes. Below are the areas fall under the aims and scope of this series, but not limited to: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment; Social Life Cycle Assessment; Organizational and Product Carbon Footprints; Ecological, Energy and Water Footprints; Life cycle costing; Environmental and sustainable indicators; Environmental impact assessment methods and tools; Eco-design (sustainable design) aspects and tools; Biodegradation studies; Recycling; Solid waste management; Environmental and social audits; Green Purchasing and tools; Product environmental footprints; Environmental management standards and regulations; Eco-labels; Green Claims and green washing; Assessment of sustainability aspects.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13340

Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu Editor

Carbon Footprint Case Studies Municipal Solid Waste Management, Sustainable Road Transport and Carbon Sequestration

Editor Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu Head of Sustainability SgT Group and API Kowloon, Hong Kong

ISSN 2345-7651 ISSN 2345-766X (electronic) Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes ISBN 978-981-15-9576-9 ISBN 978-981-15-9577-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9577-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher