Environmental performance evolution of municipal solid waste management by life cycle assessment in Hangzhou, China

Zhou, Zhaozhi; Tang, Yuanjun; Dong, Jun; Chi, Yong; Ni, Mingjiang; Li, Nan; Zhang, Yongfang

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.083

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“…At present, the main construction mode of PPP project for China's waste incineration power generation is build-operate-transfer (BOT), which means that investors are authorized to finance, design, build, and operate power plants within a specified period of time, and then transfer them to the government after the expiration of the contract. The data of the study are collated according to references [1,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40], which mainly come from the relevant research reports and government documents.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The government human resource costs corresponding to the annual power generation are 538 million dollars. ECB and ENB can obtain the economic value of the life cycle annual economic benefits of waste generation and the equivalent conversion of reduced carbon emissions from [38,39], which are 3.24 billion dollars and 3.33 billion dollars, respectively, and these two variables can be calculated. According to the data of China Electricity Council [40], China's non-water renewable energy accounts for about 12% of the total social electricity consumption.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Evolutionary Game of Stakeholders’ Coordination Mechanism of New Energy Power Construction PPP Project: A China Case

Gao

2020

Sustainability

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The government, investors, and the public have formed a dynamic multi-game relationship on the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) project, but few studies include them in a system to study their win–win solutions. Firstly, we constructed a tripartite game model of the government, investors, and the public based on evolutionary game theory. Secondly, the evolutionary process of tripartite strategy behaviors was studied with the system dynamics (SD) model. Finally, the impact of changes in key factors on behavior strategies was studied through sensitivity analysis. The results show the following: (1) In the outsourcing of new energy and power construction PPP projects, the three parties will eventually reach the equilibrium state of {government supervision, public participation, investors effort}, the three parties achieve a win–win situation and the project benefits are the highest at this time, and the public participation will play an important role in promoting the smooth outsourcing of PPP projects. (2) The strategic choices of the government, investors, and the public are sensitive to changes in the corresponding exogenous variables. (3) The security factor plays a crucial role in the choice of public strategy. The public’s choice is not only affected by its own income and cost, but also by the amount of compensation promised by the government and the estimated damage caused by the investor.

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Section: A China Casementioning

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The Evolutionary Game of Stakeholders’ Coordination Mechanism of New Energy Power Construction PPP Project: A China Case

Gao

2020

Sustainability

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“…Development of waste and its use have been studied by a number of authors from various points of view [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41], discussing various aspects of the waste hierarchy [11].…”

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“…There is a significant increase in the volume of municipal solid waste (MSW) that is being generated across the world. In China, MSW management and MSW separation of waste were launched over the last 10 years [30] with the aim to convert new waste into energy.…”

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Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

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The constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment. In this sense, waste management has obtained increasing attention from the view of a circular economy. The European Union deals with these mentioned aspects, trying maintain long-term competitiveness and to provide sustainable development in accordance with all related environmental aspects. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the production of communal waste in 36 EU countries. The main aim is to evaluate the success of countries’ efforts to decrease waste production and increase recycling rates. The methodology used for the evaluation included data collected from the publicly available database Eurostat, consequent analyses and evaluation in the statistical software JMP 13 through regression, distribution, and cluster analysis, and the interpretation of the results. The results of the cluster analysis showed that despite clear EU waste management legislation, EU member states have significantly different waste management systems at the national level. However, generally, we could see positive correlation between the generation of waste and recycling rates. Although, Malta, Austria, Greece, and Norway recorded a decreasing level of waste recycling over the last several years, some countries (Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania) had significantly lower recycling rates accompanied by low landfill taxes. The evaluation of waste production and recycling can be used for government policy in the area of waste management, as well as for individual communities dealing with communal waste.

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“…The world is in a solid waste and plastic predicament (1-15)-single use-plastic packaging is increasing in an urbanized (11,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) and globalized economy in which production of food happens farther from the consumer and packaging enables consumption far from the source; yet, plastics lack a circular economy (21)(22)(23) that would incentivize responsible management (3,(24)(25)(26)(27)(28), resulting in large accumulations of solid waste, specifically plastics which do not biodegrade (29).…”

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Solid Wastes Provide Breeding Sites, Burrows, and Food for Biological Disease Vectors, and Urban Zoonotic Reservoirs: A Call to Action for Solutions-Based Research

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Njoroge

Odhiambo

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Front. Public Health

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Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; however, no rigorous reviews of the risks to human health have been published since 1994. This paper aims to identify research gaps and outline potential solutions to interrupt the vicious cycle of solid wastes; disease vectors and reservoirs; infection and disease; and poverty. Methods: We searched peer-reviewed publications from PubMed, Google Scholar, and Stanford Searchworks, and references from relevant articles using the search terms ("disease" OR "epidemiology") AND ("plastic pollution," "garbage," and "trash," "rubbish," "refuse," OR "solid waste"). Abstracts and reports from meetings were included only when they related directly to previously published work. Only articles published in English, Spanish, or Portuguese through 2018 were included, with a focus on post-1994, after the last comprehensive review was published. Cancer, diabetes, and food chain-specific articles were outside the scope and excluded. After completing the literature review, we further limited the literature to "urban zoonotic and biological vector-borne diseases" or to "zoonotic and biological vector-borne diseases of the urban environment." Results: Urban biological vector-borne diseases, especially Aedes-borne diseases, are associated with solid waste accumulation but vector preferences vary over season and region. Urban zoonosis, especially rodent and canine disease reservoirs, are associated with solid waste in urban settings, especially when garbage accumulates over time, creating burrowing sites and food for reservoirs. Although evidence suggests the link between plastic pollution/solid waste and human disease, measurements are not standardized, confounders are not rigorously controlled, and the quality of evidence varies. Here we propose a framework for solutions-based research in three areas: innovation, education, and policy. Krystosik et al. Solid Wastes and Disease Vectors and Reservoirs Conclusions: Disease epidemics are increasing in scope and scale with urban populations growing, climate change providing newly suitable vector climates, and immunologically naïve populations becoming newly exposed. Sustainable solid waste management is crucial to prevention, specifically in urban environments that favor urban vectors such as Aedes species. We propose that next steps should include more robust epidemiological measurements and propose a framework for solutions-based research.

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Environmental performance evolution of municipal solid waste management by life cycle assessment in Hangzhou, China

Cited by 83 publications

References 18 publications

The Evolutionary Game of Stakeholders’ Coordination Mechanism of New Energy Power Construction PPP Project: A China Case

The Evolutionary Game of Stakeholders’ Coordination Mechanism of New Energy Power Construction PPP Project: A China Case

Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

Solid Wastes Provide Breeding Sites, Burrows, and Food for Biological Disease Vectors, and Urban Zoonotic Reservoirs: A Call to Action for Solutions-Based Research

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