A Quantitative Study on the Benefit of Various Waste Classifications

Table 4

Economic benefits of MSW classification in Germany, the US, the UK, Sweden, Japan, China, and the study.

Economic benefit	Germany	The US	The UK	Sweden	Japan	China	Present study
MSW output (mt)	51.1	258.5	26.4	4.4	43.0	204.0	25.7
Ri (M dollars)	949.6	1,899.4	203.7	44.7	59.0	88.8	155.8
Ei (M dollars)	295.8	1,064.1	152.8	72.9	308.5	104.8	198.4
It (M dollars)	1,245.4	2,963.5	356.5	117.6	367.5	193.6	354.2
Oc (M dollars)	198	1,584	170	46	743	1,645	67
Ec (M dollars)	725,805	6,100,177	393,996	168,901	2,725,841	6,695,400	259,882
Ct (M dollars)	729,003	6,101,761	394,166	168,947	2,726,584	6,697,045	259,949
NI (M dollars)	−727,758	−6,098,798	−393,810	−168,829	−2,726,217	−6,696,851	−259,594
ICR (10^−4)	17.2	4.9	9.0	7.0	1.3	0.3	13.6

Note. Recyclable resource material income is $29/t. Reaching fertiliser standard resource income is $8/t. Revenue from incineration power supply is $32/t. Landfill cost is $6/t. Incineration treatment cost is $21/t. Landfill project investment is $25,730/t. Incineration plant project investment is $78,623/t [30].