Jan 2017
New tools able to create EcoSpold1 files:
Climate-specific and material-specific tool for open dumps, unsanitary landfills and sanitary landfills ('MSWLF 2016.xlsm')
Material-specific tool for open burning ('Open Burning 2016.xlsm')
Central information repository ('MSWI 2016.xlsm')


7. Nov 2017
Extended tools able to create Ecospold2 files:
Climate-specific and material-specific tool for open dumps, unsanitary landfills and sanitary landfills ('Landfill 2017.xlsm')
Material-specific tool for open burning ('Open Burning 2017.xlsm')
Material-specific tool for municipal incineration ('Municipal Incineration 2017.xlsm')
Material-specific tool for tailings impoundment (ore refining waste) ('Tailings Impoundment 2017.xlsm')
Central information repository ('Central Repository 2017.xlsm')


14. May 2018
Correction of landfill gas generation: In extreme climates it is likely that landfill gas generation is affected by lack of temperature or humidity. This was not properly reflected in the previous tool. In the corrected tool low temperature and low precipitation rates will reduce the landfill gas generated from a waste.

The inventory of air emissions from the open burning tool failed to include emissions of non-fossil Carbon monoxide. In the corrected tool it is included in the inventory.  

Correction in the Central Repository, sheet 'DS info' where new dataset names are created. Use of the name suffix (column K) had lead to an unnecessary space before a colon. This was corrected.

Corrected tools:
tool for open dumps, unsanitary landfills and sanitary landfills ('Landfill 2017.xls')
Material-specific tool for open burning ('Open Burning 2017.xls')
Central information repository ('Central Repository 2017.xls')


9. Sept 2018
Correction of calculation of long-term transfer coefficients in tailings impoundments (ore refining waste): In the modelled long-term, the washout of carbonate buffer will cause the pH in the impoundment body to drop and change leachate concentrations (cf. Doka 2003 (ecoinvent report 13-III) on page 26f). The factor expressing these changes (xe) was not properly included in the Excel formulas calculating the long-term transfer coefficients. In the corrected tool the formulas for long-term coefficients were corrected. The similar tool for landfills ('Landfill 2017.xlsm') did not have this error and used xe properly.
Corrected tool:
tool for tailings impoundment (ore refining waste) ('Tailings Impoundment 2017.xlsm')