System definition and process of material flow cost accounting

Material flow cost accounting (MFCA) is a relatively new method being developed. It is a tool for measuring flows and stocks of materials in both physical and monetary units (Jasch, 2009). There is also being developed an standard called ISO/DIS 14051 Environmental Management – Material flow cost accounting – General framework. However, due to the limitations of this report, the previous developed procedures are loosely followed.

The way cost are accounted is that they accumulate from end use and back to the generation. It can therefore be used for calculating tipping fees or collection fees of waste, since they will include all the cost that will follow. The generation cost that is calculated, is the total price of the SWM system and when divided by the total waste generated, a measure of average unit cost of SWM management. The system design is devoting from the procedures of MFA in Brunner and Rechberger (2004) in one vital aspects, the variable inside a process, for example in collection &

transport CCT, this value is there used to show the net cost of the process. Which entails operation and maintenance and annualised capital costs.

Land costs are not included. This is due to the assumption that land area in 'A' Ward is to expensive to be used mainly for solid waste treatment. However, where land inside the 'A' Ward is available and are not valued on the open marked, it can be located here. For example a garden or park surrounding a institution.

Illustration 6: System definition of the biodegradable waste flow cost accounting system 'A' Ward, Mumbai

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Unit costs are in general calculated by

c_x=A_xO & Mx

t W ^(3.4.1)

Annualised costs of invested capital is taken from Rathi (2006):

A= I∗r

1−1r^{−n (3.4.2)}

I investment, n lifetime of investment and r is discount rate.

Cost of landfill/open dumping has in Yedla only included cost of land and cost of operation. Costs of closure has not been included. Operational and maintenance costs. For the treatment options, this is taken from the waste mass flows.

The total cost of SWM in 'A' ward

C=CctCtCd (3.4.3)

3.4.1 Generation and storage

Total net cost of SWM in 'A' Ward

C_GS−A=C_R−CTC_S−CTC_CI−CTC_MR−CTC_GP−CT (3.4.1.1)

3.4.2 Collection and transport

From Rathi (2007) the length from 'A' ward to Mulund is 32 km and to Deonar 24 km. The transport cost is per ton per km is 9 INR. The cost of maintenance of landfill and land of landfill was derived also from Rathi (2007). Costs of transporting to and tipping of waste at Deonar landfill is

C_{CT− DL}=WCT−DL∗cCT−DLcTLcLL ^(3.4.2.1)

Where, cCT-D, is the unit transport cost from 'A' Ward to Deonar, cTL is the unit cost of operation of the landfill and cLL is the cost of landfill land.

Costs of transport to and tipping of waste at Mulund landfill:

C_CT−ML=W_{CT− ML}∗c_{CT− ML}c_TLc_LL (3.4.2.2)

Where, cCT-D, is the unit transportt cost from 'A' Ward to Mulund landfill, cTL is the unit cost of operation of landfill and cLL is the cost of landfill land. Costs of tipping is here meant as equal to what a tipping fee which is a common procedure of charging for waste treatment. There is no

information indicating that such a tipping fee is used in practice in Mumbai. The cost of tipping include treatment (operation & maintenance and investment costs), land costs and closure costs.

3.4.3 Decentralised biomethanation

The net costs of treating waste by decentralised vermicomposting are

C_{CT− DB}=W_{CT− DB}∗c_CTC_DB−BC_DB−DC_DB−OW ^(3.4.3.1)

3.4.4 Decentralised vermicomposting

The net costs of treating waste at decentralised vermicomposting are

C_{CT− DV}=WCT−DB∗cCTCDV−CCDV−OW (3.4.4.1)

3.4.5 Burning & dumping

The net costs of burning and dumping are calculated by

C_SG−BD=W_{SG− BD}∗cBDC_BD−OW ^(3.4.5.1)

Where cSG-BD is the unit cost of burning and dumping of waste in the 'A' Ward.

3.4.6 On-site vermicomposting

The cost of treatment on-site vermicomposting is

C_SG−V=W_SG−V∗c_TVc_LV (3.4.6.1)

The cost of treatment in vermicomposting

C_GP−V=WGP−V∗cTVcLV (3.4.6.2)

The net cost (revenue) from compost from vermicomposting are

C_V−C=W_V−C∗c_C (3.4.6.3)

3.4.7 On-site biomethanation

The cost of treating waste by biomethanation is given by

C_CI−B=W_CI−B∗cTBcLB (3.4.7.1)

Where cTB is the treatment cost of biomethanation

The net cost (revenue) from biogas income from biomethanation is given by

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C_B−BG=W_CI−B∗c_{BG− LPG} (3.4.7.2)

The net cost (revenue) from digestate and off-gas

C_B−DO=W_{B− DO}∗c_DO (3.4.7.3)

The parameters of the flow cost accounting are listed in Table 10.

Table 10: Parameters used for the biodegradable waste material flow cost accounting

Symbol Cost parameters Value Unit Reference

cCT Unit cost of collection and transport 950 INR/t Yedla and Kansal (2003)

cCT-D Unit cost transport to Deonar 336 INR/t Rathi (2007)

cCT-M Unit cost transport to Mulund 448 INR/t Rathi (2007)

cDV Unit cost on-site biomethanation 444 INR/t Veeken (2005)

cDB Unit costs decentralised biomethanation 376 INR/t Veeken (2005) cDV Unit cost decentralised vermicomposting 1400 INR/t Rathi (2007) cIV Unit costs on-site vermicomposting 1450 INR/t Drecher (2002)

- Land cost biological treatment 1000 INR/t Assumption after Rathi (2007) - Net costs electricity biomethanation -800 INR/t Veeken (2005), IL&FS (2006)

- Net cost digestate 0 INR/t Assumption

- Net cost compost product decentralised -3000 INR/t Drecher (2002)

- Net cost biogas substitution LPG -2000 INR/t Veeken (2005), Indiane (2010)

- Treatment cost landfill 328 INR/t Rathi (2007)

- Land cost landfill 380 INR/t Rathi (2007)

- Tipping fee centralised biomethanation 90 INR/t IL&FS (2006) - Tipping fee centralised biomethanation with land costs 120 INR/t IL&FS (2006) - Tipping fee centralised composting 150 INR/t IL&FS (2006) - Tipping fee centralised with land costs 200 INR/t IL&FS (2006)