This paper provides a review on three streams of life cycle studies that have been frequently
applied to evaluate the environmental impacts of building construction with a major focus on …

This review aims at the treatment of the entire landfill, including the waste mass and the
harmful emissions: leachate and landfill gas. Different landfill treatments (aerobic, anaerobic …

In Europe, 23% of the generated municipal solid waste (MSW) was landfilled in 2017.
Despite the landfill targets which define waste and landfill requirements, there is still high …

The search for alternative energy sources and increasing concerns over the generation of
municipal solid waste are two widely discussed themes in contemporary academic literature …

Landfill disposal of municipal solid waste represents one of the largest anthropogenic global
methane emission sources, and recent policy approaches have targeted significant …

From a GHG perspective, most LCA studies find incineration (MSWI) to be preferred over
landfilling because of high energy recovery offsets. In some studies, however, landfilling …

CH 4 has a high potential for energy production and by utilizing the proper technology, large
amounts of energy can be extracted from it. This study aimed to estimate the amounts of …

The increases in a country's energy capacity are related to its gross domestic product (GDP).
In Brazil, increases in income and the consumption of goods and services have led to an …

The objective of this work is to compare anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of
municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and sanitary landfilling for combined heat and power (CHP) …

The Peruvian waste management sector is steadily transitioning from a mostly informal and
underdeveloped system based on the use of open dumpsters to a landfill-based system. The …