Greenhouse Gases Emission of Refuse Derived Fuel-5 Production from Municipal Waste and Palm Kernel

This paper presents greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission of refuse-derived fuel-5 (RDF-5) production from municipal waste and palm kernel. There are two cases considered in this study. Case no. I, RDF-5 was produced from municipal waste mixed with palm kernel and case no. II, RDF-5 was produced from municipal waste only or without mixing with palm kernel. Life cycle inventory (LCI) of both types of RDFs production was analyzed. Results showed that the production of 1 kg of the RDF-5 contributed the GHGs emission for case no. I of 1.696 kg CO2-eq, and for case no. II of 1.423 kg CO2-eq. For both cases, the highest GHGs emission derived from plastic, which was one of the major material components.