Assessment methods are common tools to support decisions regarding waste management.
The objective of this review article is to provide guidance for the selection of appropriate …

Arsenic is a toxic carcinogen mostly found in subsurface environments. It is released into
groundwater mostly via natural geological and hydrological processes. Consumption of …

The concept of 'zero waste'management has emerged as an innovative way to tackle waste
problems. A number of researchers have already defined the concept in different ways. Zero …

Abstract Tools based on Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) are routinely used to assess the
environmental and economic performance of integrated municipal solid waste (MSW) …

Given the huge global environmental problems and their political and economic impacts,
companies are challenged to improve their performance with regard to issues such as …

This study analyzed, through bibliometrics, state-of-the-art municipal solid waste indicators
by consulting key articles on the subject from prominent authors and institutions. A content …

LCA studies on waste management have been promoted as they can help policy makers
choose the best environmental options. However, the increasing globalization of raw …

The aim of this study was to assess the economic and environmental advantages of
implementing reverse logistics to recycle solid waste from construction companies. The …

Improving waste and resource management entails working on interrelations between
different material flows, territories and groups of actors. This calls for new decision support …

In the frame of the European project titled “Zero Waste”(1G-MED08-533), a tool has been
developed called CO2ZW for estimating the GHG emissions for the management of MSW at …