Evaluation of Carbon Footprint in a Waste Recovery/Recycle Facility

The greatest danger for a healthy world is releasing greenhouse gases into the environment as a result of theindustrialization activities in all countries. These released gases play an important role in damaging the health of humanbeings as well as of destroying nature. In addition to sustainable development practices in order to reduce emissions, it isalso necessary to implement clean environment rules. In this study, the carbon footprint of a Waste Recovery/RecycleFacility within the borders of Kayseri Province as results of its operations was evaluated. Correspondingly, the amount ofcarbon footprint of transportation of waste collection, heating, and electricity usage in the plant site during operations hasbeen examined. Tier 1 and Tier 2 methodologies developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)were used to determine the carbon footprint of the facility. As a result, transportation activity due to waste collectioncontributes to the highest share of carbon footprint with 76.8%. The carbon footprint, which is caused by consumption ofnatural gas for heating with 23.1%, follows the transportation. Electricity usage has a share of less than 0.1%. The totalCO2 emission of the plant was 132711 tons, while the CO2 emission amounts of transportation, heating and electricity usewere found to be 102000 tons, 30700 tons and 11 tons, respectively.