Established assessment methods focusing on resource recovery from waste within a circular economy context consider few or even a single domain/s of value, ie environmental …
HH Khoo - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In Singapore, 822,200 tonnes of plastic waste was generated in 2016, with only 7% recycled. Due to the complex nature of plastic waste mixtures, mechanical recycling is often …
The continuously increasing solid waste generation worldwide calls for management strategies that integrate concerns for environmental sustainability. By quantifying …
Over the past few decades, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been established as a critical tool for the evaluation of the environmental burdens of chemical processes and materials …
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly used in waste management to identify strategies that prevent or minimise negative impacts on ecosystems, human health or natural …
ASE Yay - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper aims to determine the environmental aspects of a less impactful municipal solid waste management system through life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. In order to …
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used extensively within the recent decade to evaluate the environmental performance of thermal Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies …
One common life cycle assessment (LCA) focus is to understand whether landfill or municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) treatment is more environmentally favorable. Past …
M Ripa, G Fiorentino, V Vacca, S Ulgiati - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is an unavoidable by-product of modern societies production and consumption patterns. Envisaging waste management strategies is a …