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Carbon Emission Measurement Using Different Utilization Methods of Waste Products:Taking Cotton Straw Resources of South Xinjiang in China as an Example


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1 College of Economics and Management, Tarim University, Alear 843300, China
2 College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
 

Agricultural non-point source pollution is mainly caused by the improper utilization of agricultural waste, and thus agricultural waste recycling is considered the main method for reducing the extent of such pollution and ensuring the safety of agricultural resource utilization and agricultural ecological environment. To reduce agricultural non-point source pollution, the carbon emissions of agricultural cotton straw waste in China’s South Xinjiang cotton region from 2006 to 2015 were estimated by measuring resource stocks and using different utilization methods. Results show that the carbon emissions of cotton straw with different usages are expressed as follows: fertilizer, straw wood burning, straw burning, straw, straw feed, and straw making biogas. The improvement on agricultural waste recycling mode effectively reduced the agricultural non-point source pollution and the intensity of carbon emission. The conclusions provide a reference for improving the utilization mode of agricultural wastes and improving the recycling of agricultural wastes.

Keywords

Agricultural Waste, Carbon Emission, Cotton Straw, Recycling.
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Authors

Pengcheng Wang
College of Economics and Management, Tarim University, Alear 843300, China
Weiwei Wang
College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Junbiao Zhang
College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China

Abstract


Agricultural non-point source pollution is mainly caused by the improper utilization of agricultural waste, and thus agricultural waste recycling is considered the main method for reducing the extent of such pollution and ensuring the safety of agricultural resource utilization and agricultural ecological environment. To reduce agricultural non-point source pollution, the carbon emissions of agricultural cotton straw waste in China’s South Xinjiang cotton region from 2006 to 2015 were estimated by measuring resource stocks and using different utilization methods. Results show that the carbon emissions of cotton straw with different usages are expressed as follows: fertilizer, straw wood burning, straw burning, straw, straw feed, and straw making biogas. The improvement on agricultural waste recycling mode effectively reduced the agricultural non-point source pollution and the intensity of carbon emission. The conclusions provide a reference for improving the utilization mode of agricultural wastes and improving the recycling of agricultural wastes.

Keywords


Agricultural Waste, Carbon Emission, Cotton Straw, Recycling.

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