A waste management planning based on substance flow analysis

Arena, Umberto; Gregorio, F. Di

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.05.008

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“…Both methods must be applied at process level; however, likewise their system boundary can consist of geographical borders, which makes it interesting to quantify the total amount of a particular type of waste generated within specific city/district boundaries ( Figure S1 in Supplementary Materials). MFA/EFA indicators can inform on the fate of materials or energy within the anthropogenic system, e.g., percentage of materials/energy imported/exported, the required volume of landfill [47] or recycling rates of materials [48]. They can evaluate how a region or a process chain performs in terms of material/energy management and cover therefore the technical performance of the system, but they do not characterize the impacts (cause-effect relationship) in a quantitative manner [15,49].…”

Section: Scenario Analysis and Development Methodsmentioning

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A Holistic Sustainability Framework for Waste Management in European Cities: Concept Development

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Waste management represents a challenge for public authorities due to many reasons such as increased waste generation following urban population growth, economic burdens imposed on the municipal budget, and nuisances inevitably caused to the environment and local inhabitants. To optimize the system from a sustainability perspective, moving the transition towards a more circular economy, a better understanding of the different stages of waste management is necessary. A review of recently developed sustainability frameworks for waste management showed that no single framework captures all the instruments needed to ultimately provide a solid basis for comprehensive analyses of the potential burdens associated with urban waste management. Bearing this limitation in mind, the objective of this research is to propose a conceptual and comprehensive sustainability framework to support decision-making in waste management of European cities. The framework comprises a combination of methods capable of identifying future strategies and scenarios, to assess different types of impacts based on a life cycle perspective, and considers the value of waste streams, the actors involved, and possible constraints of implementing scenarios. The social, economic, environmental, technical and political domains are covered, and special attention is paid to impacts affecting foremost the local population.

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Section: Scenario Analysis and Development Methodsmentioning

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A Holistic Sustainability Framework for Waste Management in European Cities: Concept Development

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“…MFA/SFA is used as a tool in a number of studies on waste management, throughout the quantification MSW composition % C (%) N (%) of waste flows and waste substances [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Knowing the flow of substances in the waste management system allows us to see whether some of the analyzed substances are a resource, if they are contained in certain materials, or present a burden to the environment.…”

Section: Mfa/sfamentioning

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Using Material Flow Analysis for Waste Management Planning

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Carapina²,

Bjelic³

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Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…However, literature on waste control and management recognised that waste can be minimised, re-used, recycled, recovered or treated and as a measure of last resort, be disposed of ( Arena and Di Gregorio, 2014).…”

Section: Managing and Dealing With Wastementioning

confidence: 99%