Carbon Free Boston: Waste Technical Report

An assessment of Boston’s waste-related emissions and options to reduce them.

Joshua R. Castigliego, Michael J. Walsh, Adam Pollack, Cutler J. Cleveland

Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy

Waste management hierarchy, from source reduction to disposal. — Carbon Free Boston Waste Technical Report, Figure 4: waste management hierarchy. Boston University.

This report examines Boston’s municipal solid waste system and its greenhouse gas emissions. It explains the study’s accounting framework and evaluates waste-management strategies as part of the city’s path to carbon neutrality.

Publication Details

Type Report

Client Boston Green Ribbon Commission

Jurisdiction Massachusetts

Year 2019

Topics

Energy System Decarbonization

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Clients and collaborators

Boston Green Ribbon Commission Boston University

Related Project

Carbon Free Boston

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Castigliego, J. R., Walsh, M. J., Pollack, A., & Cleveland, C. J. (2019). Carbon Free Boston: Waste Technical Report. Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy. https://www.bu.edu/igs/2019/05/20/carbon-free-boston-technical-reports/

Castigliego, Joshua R., Michael J. Walsh, Adam Pollack, and Cutler J. Cleveland. "Carbon Free Boston: Waste Technical Report." Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019. https://www.bu.edu/igs/2019/05/20/carbon-free-boston-technical-reports/.

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