An integrated ecosystem incorporating renewable energy leading to pollution reduction for sustainable development of craft villages in rural area: a case study at sedge mats village in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Table 1 Volume of emission gas/greenhouse gases from burning fuel in the sedge mats dyeing and weaving craft villages in Mekong Delta area

Type of fuel	Load of emission gas (tons/year)^a					Load of GHG (tons/year)^b			Volume of greenhouse gases, tons CO₂eq/year
Type of fuel	Dust	SO₂	VOC	NO_x	CO	CO₂	CH₄	N₂O	Volume of greenhouse gases, tons CO₂eq/year
Firewood/Others	123.2	1.6	377.8	11.5	1149.7	9197.4	16.4	3.3	10,521.2
Rice husk	1642.5	262.8	525.6	407.3	4559.6	191,844.0	157.7	9.2	197,896.3
Pieces of straw	1499.6	32.5	1264.7	411.9	16,802.8	212,654.5	1732.7	0.0	249,040.6
Total	3265.3	297.0	2168.1	830.8	22,512.0	413,695.9	1906.8	12.5	457,458.1

^{a, b}Calculated by using the formula: activity data × emission factor, in which, ^aEmission factor is taken from WHO, 1993; ^bEmission factor is taken from IPCC, 2006

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