Development of a methodology to assess the footprint of wastes

Herva, Marta; Hernando, Ramón; Carrasco, Eugenio F.; Roca, Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.026

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“…On the other hand, EF research studies include attempts to further development of the methodology per se (Kitzes et al, 2007, Ewing et al, 2010 as well as to link EF and sustainability schemes (Cucek et al 2012, Valada, 2010. Some studies also concerned the EF of particular systems, such as waste streams (Herva et al, 2010), nectarine production (Cerutti et al, 2010), swine manure fertilization in orchard (Cerutti et al,2011) fruit production systems (Cerutti et al, 2013), and even municipalities (Buratti et al, 2009). To the knowledge of the authors only Millan et al (2010) conducted a study regarding the EF of a sea port, whereas no previous study is found in the literature with the aim to link the environmental performance of a port in terms of its EMS with its EF.…”

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“…-For the waste decomposition, the methodology described in Herva et al (2010) was applied. Following waste categories were taken into consideration: garbage (8.1 kt), asbestos-containing materials (15 t), waste recovered oil pollution (0.3t), sludge (2.1 kt), batteries (0.5 tn) and motor oil (2.1 tn).…”

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“…In this report the methodology for calculating the EF and biocapacity utilized in the 2010 Edition of the National Footprint Accounts is described and researchers and practitioners are provided with information to better understand the calculation methodology of national footprint accounts Herva et al (2010). developed a comprehensive methodology to estimate the EF of wastes treatment considering a closed cycle modeled through a plasma process.…”

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Ecological footprint analysis based awareness creation for energy efficiency and climate change mitigation measures enhancing the environmental management system of Limassol port

Erdas

Fokaides

Charalambous

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Charalambous

2015

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“…Another approach to measuring the EF of material consumption has been proposed by Herva et al [37]. This approach aims to account for hazardous and toxic wastes that have been combusted with thermal plasma technology.…”

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Accounting for the Ecological Footprint of Materials in Consumer Goods at the Urban Scale

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Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) can be used by cities to account for their on-going demands on global renewable resources. To date, EFA has not been fully implemented as an urban policy and planning tool in part due to limitations of local data availability. In this paper we focus on the material consumption component of the urban ecological footprint and identify the ‗component, solid waste life cycle assessment approach' as one that overcomes data limitations by using data many cities regularly collect: municipal, solid waste composition data which serves as a proxy for material consumption. The approach requires energy use and/or carbon dioxide emissions data from process LCA studies as well as agricultural and forest land data for calculation of a material's ecological footprint conversion value. We reviewed the process LCA literature for twelve materials commonly consumed in cities and determined ecological footprint conversion values for each. We found a limited number of original LCA studies but were able to generate a range of values for each material. Our set of values highlights the importance for cities to identify both the quantities consumed and per unit production impacts of a material. Some materials like textiles and aluminum have high ecological footprints but make up relatively smaller proportions of urban waste streams than products like paper and diapers. Local government use of the solid waste LCA approach helps to clearly identify the ecological loads associated with the waste they manage on behalf of their residents. This direct connection can be used to communicate to citizens about OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2013, 5 1961 stewardship, recycling and ecologically responsible consumption choices that contribute to urban sustainability.

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“…The authors used concentration based indicators in order to define the target levels for volatile organic components (55.72 ppm for 8 h working time).Yuan [15] proposed implementation of 30 indicators in order to describe the effectiveness of construction and demolition waste management system. The methodology for the assessment of ecological footprint for HW is presented by Herva et al [16]. Streimikiene [17] converted the amount of the nuclear waste produced into the costs of nuclear waste storage.…”

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A methodology for forecasting hazardous waste flows

Vilgerts¹,

Timma²,

Blumberga³

2013

Environmental Health Risk VII

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In previous years, great attention has been paid to the problem of hazardous waste management. "Prevention costs" of the activities concerned with hazardous waste (HW) are lower than "restoration costs" after damage is done. Within the scope of the paper the methodology for forecasting hazardous waste flows was elaborated. The methodology of the research included 6 modules: historical data, assumptions, choose of indicators, data processing, and data analysis with STATGRAPHICS, and forecast models. The proposed methodology was validated for the case for Latvia. A new type of the indicator based on the HW intensity within the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2) sectors and households has been developed. The indicator allows for assessing the HW production intensity. The results of the study suggest that HW intensity in Latvia is forecasted to slowly decrease by 3.8% in next six years. The pessimistic prognosis (upper 95%) gives an increase in HW intensity by 44.5%, but the intermediate (upper and lower 50%) gives a corridor of +18.4% to -36.1%.

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Development of a methodology to assess the footprint of wastes

Cited by 23 publications

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Ecological footprint analysis based awareness creation for energy efficiency and climate change mitigation measures enhancing the environmental management system of Limassol port

Ecological footprint analysis based awareness creation for energy efficiency and climate change mitigation measures enhancing the environmental management system of Limassol port

Accounting for the Ecological Footprint of Materials in Consumer Goods at the Urban Scale

A methodology for forecasting hazardous waste flows

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