A systematic review of life cycle assessment of solid waste management: Methodological trends and prospects

Mulya, Kyle Sebastian; Zhou, Jinqin; Phuang, Zhen Xin; Laner, David; Woon, Kok Sin

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154903

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“…This resulted in an increase in the number of publications in the field. The production number was higher than the production number recorded in the US [21].…”

Section: Scientific Production: Quantitative Characteristicscontrasting

confidence: 61%

“…An increase in the number of publications has been observed in developing countries such as Brazil and India since 2007. The increase occurred when the countries took into consideration the system of management of RSU [21]. The number of articles related to the RSU in China was higher than that recorded for the US.…”

Section: Scientific Production: Quantitative Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…This tool has been widely used for evaluation by observing the development in the field via quote analysis. The published content can be analyzed, and institutions, journals, researchers, and search field performance [19,20] can be studied [21]. Researchers have studied various solid waste management methods using this tool [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Bibliometrics of Scientific Articles on Solid Waste Management in Shopping Malls (1999–2020)

El-Deir¹,

Aguiar²

2022

Adv Environ Eng Res

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The presence of shopping malls causes a social, economic, and environmental impact. The bibliometric analysis is a valuable method used to dentify published research papers, and understand historic information published in scientific journals. This method can be used to carry out qualitative and quantitative analyses of scientific production on a specific subject. This analytical method primarily focuses on analyzing the bibliometric study of the solid waste management method used in shopping malls. A small number of studies on the management process used in shopping malls are reported. However, the last five years have seen a significant increase in the number of publications, and the papers are mostly reported from Europe and Asia. These publications are published in journals with high impact factors and are characterized by a Qualis/Capes grade [34]. Six groups were formed for similarity analyses, and the words waste, food, and environment were used for analysis. Five thematic sub-areas were identified. Based on the results, it was inferred that the waste management study conducted in shopping malls should be an object of research. This will help understand the processes and search for a way to improve the quality of the waste management process.

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“…This resulted in an increase in the number of publications in the field. The production number was higher than the production number recorded in the US [21].…”

Section: Scientific Production: Quantitative Characteristicscontrasting

confidence: 61%

Section: Scientific Production: Quantitative Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 89%

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Bibliometrics of Scientific Articles on Solid Waste Management in Shopping Malls (1999–2020)

El-Deir¹,

Aguiar²

2022

Adv Environ Eng Res

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“…e ZWC is a holistic waste management system that requires a reliable performance measurement mechanism. Life cycle analysis (LCA) is widely applied to better understand the environmental performance of solid waste management [22][23][24]. Material flow analysis is another frequently used method to quantify the performance of waste management.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measuring Zero-Waste City Performance of a Coal Resource-Based Area in China with MCDM Approach

Zhao

Yang

Duan

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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The zero-waste city is one of the most visionary initiatives for solving waste problems by enhancing the life cycle solid waste management system. However, the development level of ZW city construction remains unclear. Resource-based areas tend to produce large amounts of industrial solid waste, and achieving a zero-waste city is difficult due to insufficient resource utilization capacity. This study proposed a practical integrated MCDM approach to assess the performance of the ZW city and applied the approach to a typical coal resource-based province in China. The spatiotemporal characteristics and factors influencing the performance of zero-waste cities in each city were further explored. The performance levels increased during the study period; however, the growth rate of most cities is slow. Spatially, the performance levels of zero-waste cities gradually decreased from south to north, showing a radiation pattern with Taiyuan at its core. Challenges toward zero-waste city development were further identified, including heavy industrial structure, widespread underutilization of industrial solid waste, inadequate management of hazardous solid waste, low rate of urban domestic waste classification, and ineffective treatment. The approach gives a holistic and broader picture of the zero-waste management performance, which enables us to identify the challenges in promoting zero-waste cities.

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“…The findings revealed that the majority of the environmental impacts were attributed to thermal treatment strategies. Another study done by [5] investigated the potential of improving SWM by examining several scenarios including landfill in combination with an expanded system combining mechanical separation of recyclable fractions, anaerobic digestion (AD) of the organic fraction of MSW, and thermal treatment of the residual waste. The results of this study show that implementing recycling practices enhanced the overall environmental performance.…”

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Sustainability Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Decentralized Waste Management

Rahmat-Ullah

Abdallah

Bhattacharjee

et al. 2022

International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) analyses were utilized to assess decentralized anaerobic digestion (AD)-based solid waste management (SWM) plans for a remote community. A hypothetical developing community of 20,000 habitants was selected with an average municipal solid waste (MSW) generation of 0.51 kg/capita/day. Sustainable SWM is needed to ensure both the environmental and economic aspects. In order to exploit the resource value of the high food fractions in developing countries, sustainable waste management alternatives have been emerged and compared to the commonly used SWM scenario (landfills). The scenario included, collection and transportation of waste, material recovery facility (MRF), AD, and landfilling processes. WRATE software databases were used to obtain data for the life cycle inventory (LCI). The functional unit has been selected as the management of 1 ton of MSW for a study period of 20 years. The scenarios were evaluated via the CML 2001 impact assessment method covering 6 categories including climate change, eutrophication potential, acidification potential, freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity, human toxicity, and resource depletion. The findings revealed that the proposed strategy improved the life cycle environmental performance in all impact categories and resulted in significant economic savings.

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A systematic review of life cycle assessment of solid waste management: Methodological trends and prospects

Cited by 72 publications

References 96 publications

Bibliometrics of Scientific Articles on Solid Waste Management in Shopping Malls (1999–2020)

Bibliometrics of Scientific Articles on Solid Waste Management in Shopping Malls (1999–2020)

Measuring Zero-Waste City Performance of a Coal Resource-Based Area in China with MCDM Approach

Sustainability Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Decentralized Waste Management

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