Decision Support Tool for Life-Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management

Harrison, Kenneth W.; Dumas, Robert D.; Solano, Eric; Barlaz, Morton A.; Brill, E. Downey; Ranjithan, S. Ranji

doi:10.1061/(asce)0887-3801(2001)15:1(44)

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“…Besides economic evaluation of the recycling option, which requires both energy and resources, product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important tool to envisage the environmental and resource consequences for the sustainable development. Since the end of 1990s, a number of models for integrated waste management including E-waste management have been proposed based on the LCA (Ahluwalia and Nema, 2007;Andrae and Andersen, 2010;Duan et al, 2009;Finnveden et al, 1995;Harrison et al, 2001;Winkler and Bilitewski, 2007). Hula et al (2003) demonstrated multi-criteria analysis (MCA) method to determine the economics and environmental benefits from material recovery based on the product structure, materials, location of recycling facilities, applicable regulations, geography as well as cultural context.…”

Section: Issues and Scopesmentioning

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Waste Printed Circuit Boards recycling: an extensive assessment of current status

Ghosh

Parhi

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Issues and Scopesmentioning

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Waste Printed Circuit Boards recycling: an extensive assessment of current status

Ghosh

Parhi

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Up to now, the previous MSWM studies only evaluated individual aspects of economical optimization (Abou Najm and El-Fadel, 2004;Badran and El-Haggar, 2006;Chang and Chang, 1998;Chang and Lin, 1997;Chang et al, 2005;Harrison et al, 2001;Huang et al, 1992;Li et al, 2011;Lin et al, 2006;Liu et al, 2009;Maqsood et al, 2004;Sun and Huang, 2010;Wang et al, 2008Wang et al, , 2011Xanthopoulos and Iakovou, 2009;Xu et al, 2009) and environmental impact (Aye and Widjaya, 2006;Eriksson et al, 2005;Finnveden et al, 2005;Mendes et al, 2004;Mohareb et al, 2008;Thorneloe et al, 2007;Zhao et al, 2009). The integration of economic factors and environmental impacts is seldom discussed.…”

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“…For sustainable MSWM strategies, the critical management factors to be considered include not only economic efficiency of MSW treatment but also its life-cycle assessment (LCA) of environmental impact. Some of the past studies have focused on mathematical programming (MP) techniques to be applied in the MSWM system, such as linear programming (LP) to achieve least-cost strategies with suitable constraint sets (Abou Najm and El-Fadel, 2004;Chang and Chang, 1998;Harrison et al, 2001;Lin et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2008), and mixed integer linear programming (MILP) to assess a feasible location and the capacity of new facilities in least-cost MSWM problems (Badran and El-Haggar, 2006;Chang and Lin, 1997;Chang et al, 2005;Xanthopoulos and Iakovou, 2009). Other programming techniques such as intervalparameter programming (Huang et al, 1992;Liu et al, 2009;Maqsood et al, 2004;Sun and Huang, 2010;Xu et al, 2009), probabilistic programming (Liu et al, 2009), fuzzy programming (Liu et al, 2009;Sun and Huang, 2010;Wang et al, 2011), stochastic programming (Wang et al, 2011;Xu et al, 2009), and quadratic programming have also been integrated into LP or MILP to obtain optimal strategies of MSWM whose parameters encounter uncertainties.…”

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An economic evaluation and assessment of environmental impact of the municipal solid waste management system for Taichung City in Taiwan

Chang

Chu

Lin

2012

j air waste manag assoc

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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is an important environmental challenge and subject in urban planning. For sustainable MSWM strategies, the critical management factors to be considered include not only economic efficiency of MSW treatment but also life-cycle assessment of the environmental impact. This paper employed linear programming technique to establish optimal MSWM strategies considering economic efficiency and the air pollutant emissions during the life cycle of a MSWM system, and investigated the correlations between the economical optimization and pollutant emissions. A case study based on real-world MSW operating parameters in Taichung City is also presented. The results showed that the costs, benefits, streams of MSW, and throughputs of incinerators and landfills will be affected if pollution emission reductions are implemented in the MSWM strategies. In addition, the quantity of particulate matter is the best pollutant indicator for the MSWM system performance of emission reduction. In particular, this model will assist the decision maker in drawing up a friendly MSWM strategy for Taichung City in Taiwan.Implications: Recently, life-cycle assessments of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) strategies have been given more considerations. However, what seems to be lacking is the consideration of economic factors and environmental impacts simultaneously. This work analyzed real-world data to establish optimal MSWM strategies considering economic efficiency and the air pollutant emissions during the life cycle of the MSWM system. The results indicated that the consideration of environmental impacts will affect the costs, benefits, streams of MSW, and throughputs of incinerators and landfills. This work is relevant to public discussion and may establish useful guidelines for the MSWM policies.

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“…Examples of frameworks with this aim have been developed for solid waste management (e.g. [10,11]), but are less common for food waste management. A recent example of this is the framework recently developed by Manfredi et al [12], which provides a useful six-step methodology to evaluate environmental and economic sustainability of different alternatives to manage food waste, with the aim of also incorporating social considerations.…”

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A Methodology for Sustainable Management of Food Waste

García-García

Woolley

Rahimifard

et al. 2016

Waste Biomass Valor

160

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As much as one-third of the food intentionally grown for human consumption is never consumed and is therefore wasted, with significant environmental, social and economic ramifications. An increasing number of publications in this area currently consider different aspects of this critical issue, and generally focus on proactive approaches to reduce food waste, or reactive solutions for more efficient waste management. In this context, this paper takes a holistic approach with the aim of achieving a better understanding of the different types of food waste, and using this knowledge to support informed decisions for more sustainable management of food waste. With this aim, existing food waste categorizations are reviewed and their usefulness are analysed. A systematic methodology to identify types of food waste through a nine-stage categorization is used in conjunction with a version of the waste hierarchy applied to food products. For each type of food waste characterized, a set of waste management alternatives are suggested in order to minimize environmental impacts and maximize social and economic benefits. This decision-support process is demonstrated for two case studies from the UK food manufacturing sector. As a result, types of food waste which could be managed in a more sustainable manner are identified and recommendations are given. The applicability of the categorisation process for industrial food waste management is discussed.

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Decision Support Tool for Life-Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management

Cited by 52 publications

References 6 publications

Waste Printed Circuit Boards recycling: an extensive assessment of current status

Waste Printed Circuit Boards recycling: an extensive assessment of current status

An economic evaluation and assessment of environmental impact of the municipal solid waste management system for Taichung City in Taiwan

A Methodology for Sustainable Management of Food Waste

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