A systematic review of life cycle assessment of solid waste management: methodological trends and prospects

KS Mulya, J Zhou, ZX Phuang, D Laner… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid waste disposal has led to increasing concerns over resource, health, and
environmental problems. These issues have been investigated using the Life Cycle …

Life cycle assessment of food waste to energy and resources: Centralized and decentralized anaerobic digestion with different downstream biogas utilization

H Tian, X Wang, EY Lim, JTE Lee, AWL Ee… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been identified as an efficient food waste disposal technology
by many researchers. However, a holistic environmental investigation of different AD …

[HTML][HTML] How much can chemical recycling contribute to plastic waste recycling in Europe? An assessment using material flow analysis modeling

IS Lase, D Tonini, D Caro, PF Albizzati… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic recycling rate in Europe is low, urging developments in recycling technology and
strategies to increase circularity. Mechanical recycling (MR) has been the reference …

[HTML][HTML] From wastewater treatment to water resource recovery: Environmental and economic impacts of full-scale implementation

M Faragò, A Damgaard, JA Madsen, JK Andersen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote resource recovery, many wastewater
treatment operators are retrofitting existing plants to implement new technologies for energy …

Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management

TH Christensen, A Damgaard, J Levis, Y Zhao… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used in waste management for the last two decades
and hundreds of journal papers have been published. The use of LCA in waste …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impacts of food waste: Learnings and challenges from a case study on UK

D Tonini, PF Albizzati, TF Astrup - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Food waste, particularly when avoidable, incurs loss of resources and considerable
environmental impacts due to the multiple processes involved in the life cycle. This study …

How to treat uncertainties in life cycle assessment studies?

E Igos, E Benetto, R Meyer, P Baustert… - The International Journal …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The use of life cycle assessment (LCA) as a decision support tool can be hampered
by the numerous uncertainties embedded in the calculation. The treatment of uncertainty is …

Sustainable municipal waste management strategies through life cycle assessment method: A review

J Zhang, Q Qin, G Li, CH Tseng - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing amounts of municipal solid waste (MSW) has gained widely concern on
reduction, utilization and minimizing environmental impacts associated with waste …

Municipal solid waste: Review of best practices in application of life cycle assessment and sustainable management techniques

A Iqbal, X Liu, GH Chen - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is a globally recognized environmental issue.
The concepts of sustainability and the circular economy have progressed MSW …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability assessment of Construction and Demolition Waste management applied to an Italian case

S Iodice, E Garbarino, M Cerreta, D Tonini - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Construction and Demolition Waste represents a priority stream for the European
Union and has a large potential for closing the material circulation loop in line with the …