4.4.2. Input Data

Table 8 presents the information sources used to provide data for the parameters of the Transport sector model.

Table 8. Data Sources for Waste and Wastewater

Data (units)

Source

Solid-waste generation [t yr⁻¹]

Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2015–2022 (PIOJ, 2022a)

Waste-water generation [m³ yr⁻¹]

Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2015–2022 (PIOJ, 2022a)

Solid-waste treatment and disposal profile [% of waste by method]

What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 (Kaza et al., 2018)

Waste-water treatment and disposal profile [% of waste-water by method]

Jamaica’s Climate-Change Research Agenda 2020-2030 (Lanza et al., 2022); Waste-water Management in the Caribbean: A Jamaican Case Study (Mandal & Parker, 2023)

Emissions from waste and waste-water [t CO₂e yr⁻¹]

Developing Jamaica’s Long-Term Strategy for Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development (Vivid Economics & World Bank Group, 2021a); Jamaica’s Long-Term Climate-Change Strategy Recommendations (Vivid Economics & World Bank Group, 2021b)

Technological costs for waste and waste-water facilities [USD unit⁻¹]

Sostenibilidad financiera de la gestión de residuos sólidos en América Latina y el Caribe (Correal, Faleiro et al., 2023) — Inter-American Development Bank; Prefeasibility study for the North Basin Environmental-Sanitation Programme, Guatemala — Inter-American Development Bank

Externalities: water-source contamination costs, health-care costs of waste-related diseases, and income from the circular economy (treated water, compost) [USD unit⁻¹]

Lineamientos sectoriales para la gestión de residuos sólidos y el avance hacia la economía circular (Correal, Rihm et al., 2023) — Inter-American Development Bank; El reúso de agua residual tratada en América Latina y el Caribe: 10 estudios de caso (De la Peña et al., 2022) — Inter-American Development Bank; Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos de la Mancomunidad Nororiente (BID, 2023) — Inter-American Development Bank

Cost ratio of preliminary-vs-tertiary waste-water treatment [-]

Comparative Evaluation of Cost for Preliminary and Tertiary Municipal Waste-Water Treatment Plants in Istanbul (Ozgun et al., 2021)