Guidance on How to Use Materials and Management Pathways Not Found in the Waste Reduction Model

These documents provide information on ways to use materials or management pathways not found in the Waste Reduction Model, including Waste Reduction Model emission, energy and economic factors; modeling food donation benefits; modeling increased product lifetime; modeling reuse; and the differences between the Waste Reduction Model’s life-cycle greenhouse gas accounting approach and GHG inventories.

• Modeling Food Donation Benefits in EPA's Waste Reduction Model (pdf) (740.99 KB) .
• Life-Cycle GHG Accounting Versus GHG Emission Inventories (pdf) (327.41 KB) .
• Modeling Increased Product Lifetime in EPA's Waste Reduction Model (pdf) (170.93 KB) .
• Using Waste Reduction Model Emission Factors for Materials and Pathways Not in the Waste Reduction Model (pdf) (1.58 MB) .
• Modeling Reuse in EPA's Waste Reduction Model (pdf) (155.34 KB) .