Solid waste management in the context of the waste hierarchy and circular economy frameworks: An international critical review

FB Awino, SE Apitz - Integrated Environmental Assessment and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growing populations and consumption drive the challenges of solid waste management
(SWM); globalization of transport, food production, and trade, including waste trading …

[HTML][HTML] A model to assess the environmental and economic impacts of municipal waste management in Europe

PF Albizzati, G Foster, P Gaudillat, S Manfredi… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Monitoring Framework proposed in the EU27 New Circular Economy Action
Plan comprises two mass-based indicators, namely overall recycling rate and recycling rate …

Recent advancements toward resilient and sustainable municipal solid waste collection systems

PS Calabrò, A Satira - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The municipal solid waste (MSW) management is one of the major issues on the planet, but
it is also a potential major source of resources for circular economy. This paper covers …

Life cycle assessment of end-of-life treatments for plastic film waste

P Hou, Y Xu, M Taiebat, C Lastoskie, SA Miller… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic film waste can cause a variety of environmental impacts and pose a significant
challenge for the consumer product industry. Understanding the environmental tradeoffs of …

Assessment of waste characteristics and their impact on GIS vehicle collection route optimization using ANN waste forecasts

HL Vu, D Bolingbroke, KTW Ng, B Fallah - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Combining an artificial neural network (ANN) waste prediction model with a geographic
information system (GIS) waste collection route optimization, the paper shows how the …

[HTML][HTML] Transportation and process modelling-assisted techno-economic assessment of resource recovery from non-recycled municipal plastic waste

B Biakhmetov, Y Li, Q Zhao, A Dostiyarov… - Energy Conversion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Less than one-tenth of municipal plastic waste generated is mechanically recycled, resulting
in the remainder ending up in incineration plants or landfills worldwide. There is limited …

Interactions of residential waste composition and collection truck compartment design on GIS route optimization

HL Vu, KTW Ng, B Fallah, A Richter, G Kabir - Waste management, 2020 - Elsevier
Waste collection is an important functional element in a modern waste management system;
and may account for up to half of the total expenditure on waste management in …

Waste collection

DA Vallero, F McLeod, T Cherrett - Waste, 2019 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste must be collected in efficient and environmentally sound ways. This
chapter describes the waste materials that are collected, the collection systems that are …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency enhancement in waste management through GIS-based route optimization

S Das, A Baral, IM Rafizul, S Berner - Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanization and uncontrolled population growth, solid waste management has
become a rising issue in develo** nations like Bangladesh. Khulna ranks third among …

Life-cycle economic and environmental impacts of municipal solid waste reverse logistics in residential areas

H Li, Y Tian, Z Li, C Wu, Y Liu - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The economic and environmental impacts of the reverse logistics (RL) process (including
drop-off, collection and transportation [C&T]) of the waste disposal chain are becoming …