T/CMSS 0021-2025 Guidelines for accounting of greenhouse gas emission from municipal sludge treatment and disposal

Scope

This document applies to the accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from urban sludge treatment and disposal. It provides definitions of terms such as urban sludge, greenhouse gases, emissions from fossil fuel combustion, and process emissions, clarifies the accounting boundaries for greenhouse gas emissions from urban sludge treatment and disposal, and covers treatment and disposal processes such as thermal drying, mechanical dewatering, anaerobic digestion/co-digestion, composting, direct incineration/co-incineration/co-firing, landfilling, land use, and building material utilization. The accounting scope includes emissions from fossil fuel combustion, process emissions, purchased electricity and heat emissions, emissions from material consumption, and avoided emissions. It specifies the complete workflow for accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from urban sludge treatment and disposal, and provides accounting formulas for each step. The appendix provides default values for parameters, data collection forms, and report format templates, etc.

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