%0 Journal Article %T Feasibility ofAnaerobic Digestion of Potato peels for Biogas asMitigation of Greenhouse gases Emission Potential %J International Journal of Environmental Research %I University of Tehran/Springer %Z 1735-6865 %D 2015 %\ 04/01/2015 %V 9 %N 2 %P 481-488 %! Feasibility ofAnaerobic Digestion of Potato peels for Biogas asMitigation of Greenhouse gases Emission Potential %K Kilimo kwanza %K Potato peels %K Baseline scenario %K Resource recovery %K Dar es Salaam %R 10.22059/ijer.2015.921 %X Processing of round potatoes (Solanum tuberosum (L.) into chips in Tanzania and particularlyDar es Salaam city is a growing business that attract low wages employees and unemployed occupants. Proliferationof chips vendors with low knowledge, poor attitude and practice towards environment have resulted into poormanagement of potato peels waste which are haphazardly disposed of thus causing unhealthy environment,health risks and dilapidated infrastructure. In this paper, the contribution of potato peels to emission of greenhousegases (GHGs) was analyzed for Dar es Salaam city adapting the UNFCCC baseline scenario model. Based onthe 2012 city population of 4.37million with 5.6% growth rate, peels generation and GHGs emission potentialhave been quantified and projected for 20 years. The global warming potential as CO2 equivalent cumulativelystands at 2 kilotons of peels to 1 ton GHGs emission. Field investigation to assess feasibility of using the peels forbiogas production as mitigation measure for the GHGs emission was conducted. Availability, quantitative andqualitative attributes of the peels for the biogas production in Dar es Salaam are hereby presented. %U https://ijer.ut.ac.ir/article_921_5704665db779194a6b9deef9819cc8a6.pdf