A sustainability assessment for use on land or wastewater treatment of the digestate from bio-waste

Maria, Francesco Di; Sisani, Federico

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.015

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“…On the other hand, among the currently available industrial technologies, wet and dry processes, working with a total solid (TS) concentration ≤ 10% and 10% TS ≤ 20%, respectively, are credited with higher process stability and higher biogas and methane production compared to solid anaerobic digestion batch (SADB) operating with 20% TS ≤ 35% [ 33 ]. In addition, food industry waste can be used to obtain polymeric materials in the CE module.…”

Section: Ways Of Waste Managementmentioning

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Circular Economy in Conjunction with Treatment Methodologies in the Biomedical and Dental Waste Sectors

2021

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In this review, life cycle assessment (LCA) principles are coupled with circular economy (CE) in order to address LCA examples in the biomedical sector worldwide. The objectives were (1) to explore the application of LCA in the medical, pharmaceutical, and dental fields; (2) to describe the ways of biomedical waste management; (3) to emphasize on the problem of dental waste in private and public dental sectors; and (4) to propose ways of "green circulation" of the dental waste. A literature search was performed using the Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus search engines covering the period from January 2000 until May 2020, corresponding to articles investigating the LCA and circular economy principles and legislation for biomedical and dental waste, their management options, and modern ways of recycling. The results showed that incineration seems to be the best management way option involved despite the mentioned drawbacks in this technology. Different adopted models are well defined for the dental field based on the 3Rs' module (reduce, reuse, recycle). Replacing disposable products with reusable ones seems to be a good way to tackle the problem of waste in medical and dental sectors. Interventions on the selection and better biomedical and dental waste management will ensure eco-medicine and eco-dentistry of the future. These new terms should be the new philosophies that will change the way these fields operate in the future for the benefit of the professionals/patients and the community.

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Circular Economy in Conjunction with Treatment Methodologies in the Biomedical and Dental Waste Sectors

2021

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“…However, few studies performed a holistic sustainability assessment encompassing environmental, economic and social pillars using primary, site-specific data and involving local stakeholders in the definition of the sustainability framework as recommended by best practices ( UNEP, 2011 ; Taelman et al, 2018 ). Despite the numerous frameworks proposed in the literature, data collection challenges and possible other factors have limited the number of analytical studies (to the best of our knowledge: Gabbay de Souza et al., 2016 , Zijp et al., 2017 , Millward-Hopkins et al., 2018 , Di Maria and Sisani, 2019 , Stone et al. 2019 , and Zhou et al., 2019 ).…”

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“…disamenities, space consumption or employment. Due to limited data availability and related challenges, most studies relied on existing life cycle inventory datasets corrected with their own assumptions ( Gabbay de Souza et al., 2016 and Di Maria and Sisani, 2019 ). Others rather focused on method development with less enphasis on data collection being exploratory/preliminary studies ( Zijp et al., 2017 or Millward-Hopkins et al., 2018 ).…”

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“…In this respect, only a few studies treated uncertainty, e.g. through parameter propagation ( Di Maria and Sisani, 2019 ) or scenario analyses ( Stone et al., 2019 ; Zhou et al., 2018). Lastly, a final aggregation of the results to facilitate the synthesis and communication is performed only in a limited number of studies, notably Stone et al.…”

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“…Lastly, a final aggregation of the results to facilitate the synthesis and communication is performed only in a limited number of studies, notably Stone et al. (2019) , Di Maria and Sisani (2019) , and Gabbay de Souza et al . 2016 .…”

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A sustainability assessment for use on land or wastewater treatment of the digestate from bio-waste

Cited by 26 publications

References 43 publications

Circular Economy in Conjunction with Treatment Methodologies in the Biomedical and Dental Waste Sectors

Circular Economy in Conjunction with Treatment Methodologies in the Biomedical and Dental Waste Sectors

Quantitative sustainability assessment of household food waste management in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

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