Comparative life cycle analysis of municipal waste management systems: Kırklareli/Turkey case study

Özer, Betül; Yay, Aliye Suna Erses

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-12247-0

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“…It can be seen that the landfill has the highest share in the eutrophication and global warming impacts with 100% and 95%, respectively. These findings are also confirmed by other researchers [30,34]. Under the EIP scenario, the landfilling contribution to impacts other than global warming is minimal, ranging from zero to 10%.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessment Analysissupporting

confidence: 88%

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The Role of Eco-Industrial Parks in Promoting Circular Economy in Russia: A Life Cycle Approach

Qdais

Kurbatova

2022

Sustainability

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As an approach to move towards a sustainable waste management system, circular economy (CE) is gaining an increased interest by most countries. Russia is among the countries where the CE is one of the priorities of the country’s economy, with a market value of the CE is USD$ 755.05 billion. However, such a strategy is facing challenges and barriers which are country specific. This study aimed to review the status of the CE in Russia and to identify the obstacles that are hindering the country from achieving its objectives. Moreover, the study aimed to evaluate the role of eco-industrial parks (EIP) in Russia in promoting the CE model. The study findings indicate that the CE adoption in Russia is still in its early stages. To create an enabling environment for CE promotion in Russia, there is a need to overcome several institutional, technical, and social barriers. Russian higher educational institutions are playing a major role to create the critical mass of experts that will help the country transition towards a CE model. Using life cycle assessment (LCA) to analyze the environmental performance of one of the EIPs in Russia revealed that such enterprises are more sustainable than the business-as-usual scenarios, under which the generated solid waste is buried into landfill. The comparison shows that by diverting 1.813 million tons of mixed municipal solid waste that is generated in Moscow to EIP would lead to a reduction in environmental impacts. The total global warming potential of the EIP scenario is less, by 59%, than the direct landfilling scenario, while the eutrophication, acidification, smog, and ozone depletion are less, and fossil fuel depletion impacts under the second scenario are less, by 81%, 26%, 18%, and 81%, respectively. Furthermore, the health impacts including carcinogenic, non-carcinogenic, eco-toxicity were found to be 92%, 96%, and 96%, respectively, less than the baseline scenario.

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Section: Life Cycle Assessment Analysissupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Recently, several studies used SimaPro software to conduct LCA analysis for assessing the environmental sustainability of various solid waste management options [30][31][32][33][34]. Out of 96 reviewed studies that used LCA in municipal solid waste management, 44 (46%) studies used the SimaPro model [35].…”

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The Role of Eco-Industrial Parks in Promoting Circular Economy in Russia: A Life Cycle Approach

Qdais

Kurbatova

2022

Sustainability

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“…The use of vehicle fuel-consuming generators is a response to the growing demand for electricity and the production of electricity from fuels contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change [13,14]. This answer, which seems to be easy to access, poses a critical problem for optimizing the energy of electrical systems as well as the climate benefits under various constraints of equality and inequality [15] Because the largest part of the world's energy needs is met by carbon and hydrogen fuels, which are in limited supply [16] which are sources of pollution causing global warming, extreme weather conditions and the rupture of the ozone hole [17].…”

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Quality of Cold Chain Equipment, a Guarantee of Carbon Footprint Reduction from Food Waste to a Sustainable Environment

Eric,

Mulaj

2024

AJEE

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The objective of this work was to evaluate the current status of commercial cold chain equipment primarily, and secondarily to determine elements associated with the management of cold chain equipment. To achieve this, a cross-sectional descriptive study began on August 7 to September 23 of 2023, covering 84 commercial establishments including supermarkets, delicatessens and butchers, food, and butchers in the city of Lubumbashi. The data were collected by interview and direct cross-sectional observation on the evaluation of the conservation of frozen products (fish, meat, and cold meats) on the market in the city of Lubumbashi. The results show us that the structures using cold chains are food stores, butchers, delicatessens, and supermarkets and sometimes in a certain combination. All these structures mainly use freezing and sometimes refrigeration and freezing to guarantee this Cold chain freezers, quick freezers, refrigerated cabinets and refrigerators and finally insulated boxes are all the equipment used for this purpose and using the supply of electric current throughout and often using generators and rarely solar panels in the event of an outage electric current. Thus, these structures operate in an environment rich in temperature fluctuations leading to rapid deterioration of food, waste, responsible for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions GHG, the equivalent of the contribution of the entire African continent to climate change. This work demonstrated the importance of the quality of cold chain equipment on food quality and its impact on the carbon footprint, a situation observable from the production, transport, storage, and elimination of food. the use of solar energy would be a solution in this process because it produces less greenhouse gases.

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“…The largest portion of the world’s energy needs is met by carbon and hydrogen-based fuels, which are in limited supply 24 . These pollution sources cause global warming, extreme weather, and the ozone hole breach 25 . In contrast, renewable systems with abundant availability and zero carbon footprint are ideal for the aforementioned issues.…”

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Greenhouse gases emission reduction for electric power generation sector by efficient dispatching of thermal plants integrated with renewable systems

Ahmed

Rehan

Basit

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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This research aims to contribute in developing a mathematical model for the composite probabilistic energy emissions dispatch (CPEED) with renewable energy systems, and it proposes a novel framework, based on an existing astute black widow optimization (ABWO) algorithm. Renewable energy power generation technology has contributed to pollution reduction and sustainable development. Therefore, this research aims to explore the CPEED problem in the context of renewable energy generation systems to enhance the energy and climate benefits of the power systems. Five benchmark test systems, combined with conventional thermal power plants and renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, are considered herein to obtain the optimum solution for cost and pollutant emission by using the ABWO approach. The ascendancy is not limited to environmental impacts, but it also provides the diversification of energy supply and reduction of reliance on imported fuels. As a result, the research findings contribute in lowering the cost of fuel and pollutant emissions, correlated with electricity generation systems, while increasing the renewable energy usage and penetration. Finally, the performance and efficacy of the designed scheme have been fully validated by comprehensive experimental results and statistical analyses.

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Comparative life cycle analysis of municipal waste management systems: Kırklareli/Turkey case study

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

The Role of Eco-Industrial Parks in Promoting Circular Economy in Russia: A Life Cycle Approach

The Role of Eco-Industrial Parks in Promoting Circular Economy in Russia: A Life Cycle Approach

Quality of Cold Chain Equipment, a Guarantee of Carbon Footprint Reduction from Food Waste to a Sustainable Environment

Greenhouse gases emission reduction for electric power generation sector by efficient dispatching of thermal plants integrated with renewable systems

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