Application of life cycle assessment in municipal solid waste management: A worldwide critical review

H Khandelwal, H Dhar, AK Thalla, S Kumar - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The whop** increase in solid waste generation all over the world calls for the
development of waste management strategies for a sustainable environment. By the …

Technical substitutability of recycled materials in life cycle Assessment: A comprehensive review and framework for quantification

ES Garcia, S Huysveld, TT Nhu, S De Meester… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In evaluating environmental sustainability with methodologies like life cycle assessment
(LCA), recycling is usually credited for avoiding impacts from virgin material production …

Smart eco-industrial parks: A circular economy implementation based on industrial metabolism

AMM Gómez, FA González, MM Bárcena - Resources, conservation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to conserve natural environments, the Circular Economy (CE) is considered as a
suitable way to carry out the transition from current economic models to models of a more …

Life cycle environmental and energy impact assessment of sustainable urban municipal solid waste collection and transportation strategies

A Taşkın, N Demir - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Collection and transportation of municipal solid wastes (MSWs) are essential parts of the
sustainable urban municipal solid waste management (MWSM) strategy for municipalities …

Substitution modelling in life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management

S Viau, G Majeau-Bettez, L Spreutels, R Legros… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is gaining importance worldwide in guiding waste management
policies. The capacity of co-products such as recycled materials and recovered energy to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploratory research on the adoption of composting for the management of biowaste in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus

E Iacovidou, AA Zorpas - Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Biowaste management is one of the biggest challenges for the European and
Commonwealth small state of Cyprus, a Mediterranean island situated in the southeast …

Life cycle analysis of incineration compared to anaerobic digestion followed by composting for managing organic waste: the influence of system components for an …

F Di Maria, C Micale - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The benefits and environmental burden of two different strategies (incineration vs
anaerobic digestion followed by composting) to manage the organic fraction of municipal …

Is the policy of the European Union in waste management sustainable? An assessment of the Italian context

F Di Maria, F Sisani, S Contini, SK Ghosh, RL Mersky - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The sustainability of the waste management system imposed by EU legislation was
assessed using the Italian context as a case study by analysing the period from the year …

Life-cycle assessment of solid-waste management in city of Zagreb, Croatia

A Hadzic, N Voca, S Golubic - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste …, 2018 - Springer
In terms of improvement of the existing municipal solid-waste management system in city of
Zagreb (Croatia) in a line with legal requirements and its shift towards circular economy, two …

[HTML][HTML] Waste capacity and its environmental impact of a residential district during its life cycle

H Sözer, H Sözen - Energy reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings generate a significant amount of waste that has considerable impacts on
environment and energy flow. This study aims to investigate the waste capacity of the …