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REVIEW REPORT
 
 II. SAMPLE: WASTE 
         
               
               

 

Below is p. 1 of a sample sector report. Read and make notes about its strengths and weaknesses. Be ready to share your notes.

 
SECTOR: WASTE
General overview

54. The largest emission category in the waste sector was CH4 from solid waste disposal on land (86.2 per cent of waste sector emissions in 2002).
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55. Key categories: solid waste disposal on land
Country-specific methodologies were used.

This paragraph provides little useful information regarding the quality of the inventory submission. It should address whether the country-specific methods were consistent with the IPCC Good Practice Guidance and whether the review team judged the estimates to be complete.

56. Non-key categories: wastewater handling
The activity data were indicated as NE. The estimate from industrial wastewater handling was omitted.

Why were the activity data reported as “not estimated”? Did the Party explain why it did not include an estimate?

57. Key categories: solid waste disposal on land. The waste generation rate is within normal limits: 0.8 kg/capita/day. In order to assess comparability, the expert review team used the reported data and applied Tier 1 of the IPCC Good Practice Guidance to calculate methane emissions from solid waste disposal using an assumed average DOC equal to 0.3. The result was approximately about 2 times greater than the result of the country-specific model.

Does the expert review team believe that this difference is explained by the Party’s national circumstances? Is it an important problem? The review report should identify problems and recommend changes a Party should make to improve its inventory.