Figure 3 background data -
Solid waste disposal |
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Annual deposited CH4 potential |
Annual gross CH4 emission |
Collected CH4 for energy production |
Annual net CH4 emission, after
oxidation |
|
|
kt CH4 |
kt CH4 |
kt CH4 |
kt CH4 |
1990 |
68.8 |
61.0 |
0.5 |
54.5 |
1991 |
62.0 |
61.0 |
0.7 |
54.2 |
1992 |
55.3 |
60.5 |
1.5 |
53.1 |
1993 |
48.5 |
59.6 |
1.8 |
52.0 |
1994 |
41.7 |
58.4 |
4.7 |
48.3 |
1995 |
42.1 |
56.8 |
7.6 |
44.3 |
1996 |
41.3 |
55.5 |
8.3 |
42.4 |
1997 |
35.7 |
54.2 |
11.4 |
38.5 |
1998 |
37.6 |
52.6 |
13.5 |
35.2 |
1999 |
35.3 |
51.3 |
11.7 |
35.6 |
2000 |
33.5 |
50.0 |
11.3 |
34.9 |
2001 |
17.7 |
48.7 |
10.2 |
34.6 |
2002 |
11.0 |
46.4 |
11.4 |
31.5 |
2003 |
6.9 |
44.0 |
8.1 |
32.3 |
2004 |
5.1 |
41.5 |
11.3 |
27.2 |
2005 |
5.0 |
39.2 |
9.9 |
26.3 |
2006 |
6.3 |
37.0 |
5.6 |
28.2 |
2007 |
7.1 |
35.0 |
5.5 |
26.6 |
2008 |
4.5 |
33.4 |
5.0 |
25.6 |
2009 |
2.6 |
31.7 |
4.8 |
24.2 |
2010 |
5.6 |
30.0 |
5.7 |
21.8 |
2011 |
9.3 |
28.6 |
3.9 |
22.3 |
2012 |
7.0 |
27.7 |
3.7 |
21.6 |
2013 |
5.4 |
26.6 |
4.0 |
20.4 |
2014 |
6.1 |
25.4 |
3.2 |
20.0 |
2015 |
4.6 |
24.4 |
3.4 |
18.9 |
2016 |
5.6 |
23.4 |
3.6 |
17.8 |
2017 |
5.5 |
22.5 |
3.5 |
17.1 |
2018 |
5.8 |
21.6 |
3.1 |
16.7 |
2019 |
6.1 |
20.9 |
3.0 |
16.1 |
2020 |
4.7 |
20.2 |
2.5 |
16.0 |
2021 |
5.6 |
19.4 |
2.5 |
15.1 |
2022 |
4.7 |
18.7 |
2.4 |
14.6 |
2023 |
4.6 |
18.0 |
2.1 |
14.3 |
Updated: 27/2-2025 |