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 ===== Short description =====  ===== Short description ===== 
-^ NFR-Code  ^ Name of Category              ^ Method  ^ AD  ^ EF  ^ Key Category<sup>1</sup>  ^ 
-| 5.A       | Solid Waste Disposal On Land  | T1      | NS  | D   | no key category           | 
  
 +^ Category Code  ^  Method                                                                           ||||^  AD                                        ||||^  EF                              |||||
 +| 5.A            |  T1                                                                               |||||  NS                                        |||||  D                               |||||
 +^                ^  NO<sub>x</sub>  ^  NMVOC  ^  SO<sub>2</sub>  ^  NH<sub>3</sub>  ^  PM<sub>2.5</sub>  ^  PM<sub>10</sub>  ^  TSP  ^  BC  ^  CO  ^  Pb  ^  Cd  ^  Hg  ^  Diox  ^  PAH  ^  HCB  ^
 +| Key Category:  |  -               |  -/-    |  -               |  -               |  -/-               |  -/-              |  -/-  |  -   |  -   |  -   |  -   |  -   |  -     |  -    |  -    |
 + {{page>general:Misc:LegendEIT:start}}
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-In category 5.A, NMVOC and PM<sub>2.5</sub> emissions from managed disposal in landfills are reported in accordance with review recommendation DE-5A-2017-0001. In addition to that, for the sake of completeness, PM<sub>10</sub> and TSP emissions were also reported.+In category **5.A**, __NMVOC and PM<sub>2.5</sub> emissions from managed disposal in landfills__ are reported in accordance with review recommendation DE-5A-2017-0001. In addition to that, for the sake of completeness, __PM<sub>10</sub> and TSP emissions were also reported__.
  
 In the period since 1990 (and previously, to some extent), a number of legal provisions have been issued pertaining to Germany's waste-management sector, and a number of relevant measures have been initiated. These moves have had a strong impact on trends in emissions from waste-landfilling. Relevant developments have included intensified collection of biodegradable waste from households and the commercial sector, intensified collection of other recyclable materials, such as glass, paper/cardboard, metals and plastics; separate collection of packaging and recycling of packaging. In addition, incineration of settlement waste has been expanded, and mechanical biological treatment of residual waste has been introduced. As a result, the amounts of landfilled settlement waste decreased very sharply from 1990 to 2006, and stabilised at a low level since 2006. Today over half of settlement waste produced in Germany is collected separately and gleaned for recyclable materials (separate collection of recyclable materials and biodegradable waste). National statistical data are used (see sub-chapter "activity- data"). In the period since 1990 (and previously, to some extent), a number of legal provisions have been issued pertaining to Germany's waste-management sector, and a number of relevant measures have been initiated. These moves have had a strong impact on trends in emissions from waste-landfilling. Relevant developments have included intensified collection of biodegradable waste from households and the commercial sector, intensified collection of other recyclable materials, such as glass, paper/cardboard, metals and plastics; separate collection of packaging and recycling of packaging. In addition, incineration of settlement waste has been expanded, and mechanical biological treatment of residual waste has been introduced. As a result, the amounts of landfilled settlement waste decreased very sharply from 1990 to 2006, and stabilised at a low level since 2006. Today over half of settlement waste produced in Germany is collected separately and gleaned for recyclable materials (separate collection of recyclable materials and biodegradable waste). National statistical data are used (see sub-chapter "activity- data").
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 All these measures have had strong impact on the formation of NMVOC, PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub> and TSP so that their emissions decreased significantly since 1990. All these measures have had strong impact on the formation of NMVOC, PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub> and TSP so that their emissions decreased significantly since 1990.
  
-===== Method =====+===== Methodology ===== 
 +For the estimation of NMVOC, Germany decided against the proposed EF of the EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2019, but instead for the Tier 1 approach of the US-EPA which is also reproduced there (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, p. 5; [(EMEPEEA2019>EMEP/EEA, 2019: EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2019, Copenhagen, 2019)]). According to national experts in the field, the approach of the US-EPA is more likely to produce better data, because the ratio between NMVOC (1.3 %) and CH<sub>4</sub> (98.7 %) in VOC from landfill gas is scientifically sound and assumed to be the very same in Germany. Also, already existing and published data for methane emissions from landfills, derived from the IPCC-FOD Waste Model (see NIR of Germany), can be used. However, with the NIR 2023 some of the emission parameters used to estimate methane emissions have been modified (DOC for food waste, DOCf for wood/straw, half-life time for paper and wood/straw) according to the results of research projects initiated for the improvement of the German inventory reporting (Stegmann et al, 2018; S. 172-173, Table 36 [(STEGMANN2018>Stegmann et al, 2018, Überprüfung der methodischen Grundlagen zur Bestimmung der Methanbildung in Deponien, Hamburg/Stuttgart)]). As a result, the Methane emissions have changed considerably and thus the related NMVOC-emissions that are reported here.
  
-For the estimation of NMVOC, Germany decided against the proposed EF of the EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2016, but instead for the Tier 1 approach of the US-EPA which is also reproduced there (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, p. 5; [1]). According to national experts in the field, the approach of the US-EPA is more likely to produce better data, because the ratio between NMVOC (1.3 %) and CH<sub>4</sub> (98.7 %) in VOC from landfill gas is scientifically sound and assumed to be the very same in Germany. Also, already existing and published data for methane emissions from landfills, derived from the IPCC-FOD Waste Model (see NIR of Germany), can be used. +Emissions for PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub> and TSP, reported under this category, are calculated using the Tier 1 approach of the EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2019, where the emission factors are 0.033 [g/t], 0.219 [g/t] and 0.463 [g/t] (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, Table 3-1, p. 5; [(EMEPEEA2019)]).
- +
-Emissions for PM2.5, PM10 and TSP, reported under this category, are calculated using the Tier 1 approach of the EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2016, where the emission factors are 0.033 [g/t], 0.219 [g/t] and 0.463 [g/t] (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, Table 3-1, p. 5; ((EMEP/EEA, 2016: EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2016, Copenhagen, 2016))).+
 The EFs are multiplied with the total amount of solid waste (AD) treated in managed above-ground landfillings, following the standard equation: The EFs are multiplied with the total amount of solid waste (AD) treated in managed above-ground landfillings, following the standard equation:
  
 **EM = AD * EF** **EM = AD * EF**
 +
 +As stated above the AD in use comprise the total amount of solid waste deposited above-ground, meaning, that all mineral wastes (mineral/construction/demolition) are also included. Remaining fractions of these wastes (mineral/construction/demolition) go to underground landfills and therefore do not play a part in dust emissions. 
  
 ==== Activity data ==== ==== Activity data ====
 +Data from 1990 until 2005 are made available for the UBA by the National Statistical Agency by means of a direct data provision (Statistisches Bundesamt, January 2019; [(Statistisches Bundesamt, Data provision by Mail, 14.01.2019; Data are confidential; Wiesbaden)]). Data for 1991+1992 and 1994+1995 are not available and have been interpolated.
  
-Data from 1990 until 2005 are made available for the UBA by the National Statistical Agency by means of a direct data provision (Statistisches Bundesamt, January 2019; ((Statistisches Bundesamt, Data provision by Mail, 14.01.2019; Data are confidential; Wiesbaden))). Data for 1991+1992 and 1994+1995 are not available and have been interpolated.+From 2006 until today, Official statistical data (Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 19, Reihe 1: Abfallentsorgung (Waste management), Table 2.1; [(Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie FS 19, Reihe 1: Abfallentsorgung; Wiesbaden; URL: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/UmweltstatistischeErhebungen/Abfallwirtschaft/Abfallentsorgung.html)]) are used for the estimation. The data are published on a yearly basis with an exception for the actual year of reporting. The activity data for the actual year of reporting are obtained, initially, by carrying the relevant data from the previous year forward, in unchanged form. In the following year, when the actual activity data for the given year becomes available, they replace the data that were carried forward. With regard to emissions from landfills, this procedure has only a very small impact on the total emissions in the relevant current report year.
  
-From 2006 until today, Official statistical data (Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie 19, Reihe 1: Abfallentsorgung (Waste management), Table 2.1; ((Statistisches Bundesamt, Fachserie FS 19, Reihe 1: Abfallentsorgung; Wiesbaden; URL: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/UmweltstatistischeErhebungen/Abfallwirtschaft/Abfallentsorgung.html))) are used for the estimation. The data are published on a yearly basis with an exception for the actual year of reporting. The activity data for the actual year of reporting are obtained, initially, by carrying the relevant data from the previous year forward, in unchanged form. In the following year, when the actual activity data for the given year becomes available, they replace the data that were carried forward. With regard to emissions from landfills, this procedure has only a very small impact on the total emissions in the relevant current report year. +==== Emission factors ==== 
- +See above under Methodology.
-==== Emisson factors ==== +
- +
-See "Method"+
  
 ===== Uncertainties ===== ===== Uncertainties =====
  
-The AD from Statistisches Bundesamt usually have an uncertainty of ±3% whereas the uncertainties for the PMs and TSP emission factors, according to the EMEP/EEA Guidebook (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, Table 3-1, p. 5), were estimated to be:+The AD from Statistisches Bundesamt usually have an uncertainty of ±3% whereas the uncertainties for the PMs and TSP emission factors, according to the EMEP/EEA Guidebook (Part B, 5.A, chap. 3.2.2, Table 3-1, p. 5), were estimated as:
  
-^ PM<sub>2.5</sub>  |  -99 / +385%  | +__Table 1: Uncertainty estimates of PM emission factors__ 
-^ PM<sub>10</sub>   |  -99 / +379%  | +^ PM<sub>2.5</sub>  |  -99% / +385%  | 
-^ TSP               |  -99 / +377%  |+^ PM<sub>10</sub>   |  -99% / +379%  | 
 +^ TSP               |  -99% / +377%  |
  
 Due to the fact that for the ratio of NMVOC and CH<sub>4</sub> in VOC from landfill gas no range is given in the EMEP-Guidebook, the overall uncertainty for the emission estimation of NMVOC is estimated by expert judgement to be ± 50%. Due to the fact that for the ratio of NMVOC and CH<sub>4</sub> in VOC from landfill gas no range is given in the EMEP-Guidebook, the overall uncertainty for the emission estimation of NMVOC is estimated by expert judgement to be ± 50%.
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 Regular back-calculations are required annually for the previous year, since the waste statistics of the Federal Statistical Office are published with a one-year delay for the data on the quantities and compositions of waste deposited, so that the current reporting year must therefore be estimated. The estimate is replaced in the following year with the then current data.\\ Regular back-calculations are required annually for the previous year, since the waste statistics of the Federal Statistical Office are published with a one-year delay for the data on the quantities and compositions of waste deposited, so that the current reporting year must therefore be estimated. The estimate is replaced in the following year with the then current data.\\
 +
 Since the recalculation required as a result is very small overall in each year, it will not be reported additionally here. Since the recalculation required as a result is very small overall in each year, it will not be reported additionally here.
  
-In this year's reporting there was a need for correction in addition to the reasons described above. In the past, an incorrect CH4 content (41% instead of 45%) was expected for landfills in the landfill and decommissioning phase in 2016, which also has an impact in 2015 and 2017. In addition, there was a marginal calculation error in the summation of sewage sludge going to landfill. For the reasons given above, a recalculation was necessary (see following table).+However, in this year's reporting the need for correction of PM and TSP is higher than usual and thus a recalculation is reported (see following table).
  
-Recalculation: Methane and PM+TSP-emissions from SWDS +__Table 2: Revised 2020 PM and TSP emissions, in [t]__ 
-^                                   |^           |^  **2015**     |^  **2016**     |^  **2017**     |^  **2018**     || +|                      ^  PM<sub>2.5</sub>  ^  PM<sub>10</sub>  ^  TSP      ^ 
-^ CH<sub>4</sub> from SWDS  ^  [kt]  ^  2021     ||       357,495 ||       334,910 ||       317,972 ||       302,231 || +^ current submission   |  1,3628            |  9,0442           |  19,1209  | 
-| :::                       | :::    ^  2020     ||       362,047 ||       343,444 ||       322,518 ||       303,136 || +^ previous submission  |  1,4398            |  9,5553           |  20,2013  |
-^ NMVOC                     ^  [kt]  ^  2021     ||         4,709 ||         4,411 ||         4,188 ||         3,981 || +
-| :::                       | :::    ^  2020     ||         4,769 ||         4,524 ||         4,248 ||         3,993 || +
-^ PM<sub>2.5</sub>          ^  [t]   ^  2021     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||         1,504 || +
-| :::                       | :::    ^  2020     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||         1,518 || +
-^ PM<sub>10</sub>           ^  [t]   ^  2021     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||         9,983 || +
-| :::                       | :::    ^  2020     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||        10,071 || +
-^ TSP                       ^  [t]   ^  2021     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||        21,106 || +
-| :::                       | :::    ^  2020     ||  -            ||  -            ||  -            ||        21,291 ||+
  
 +Additionally, as already stated above, in this year’s reporting, some of the emission parameters for the estimation of methane emissions from solid waste disposal have been modified (see respective chapter of the NIR 2023), leading to a considerable change. Due to the fact that the method for the estimation of NMVOC emissions is directly linked to the CH4 amounts estimated by using the IPCCs FOD-Model, the NMVOC-emissions are also affected and recalculated as shown in the following table:
  
  
 +__Table 3: Revised NMVOC emissions, in [kt]__
 +|                      ^  1990   ^  1995   ^  2000   ^  2005   ^  2010  ^  2015  ^  2016  ^  2017  ^  2018  ^  2019  ^  2020  ^
 +^ current submission   | 17,495  | 17,808  | 12,358  | 7,696   | 4,241  | 2,442  | 2,191  | 2,015  | 1,856  | 1,612  | 1,399  |
 +^ previous submission  | 18,018  | 18,868  | 13,904  | 10,042  | 6,642  | 4,707  | 4,409  | 4,186  | 3,979  | 3,786  | 3,567  |
  
-===== Planned improvements =====+<WRAP center round info 60%> 
 +For **pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2020**, please see the recalculation tables following [[general:recalculations:start|chapter 8.1 - Recalculations]]. 
 +</WRAP>
  
 +
 +===== Planned improvements =====
 Currently no improvements are planned. Currently no improvements are planned.
 \\ \\