Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

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“…It should be also taken into account that the full operational cost of a sanitary landfill in Greece is approximately 45 €/t [42]. High deviation was noted, but the average value was much higher than the EU estimates for Greek SL.…”

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Description and Economic Evaluation of a “Zero-Waste Mortar-Producing Process” for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece

Sikalidis

Emmanouil

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The constant increase of municipal solid wastes (MSW) as well as their daily management pose a major challenge to European countries. A significant percentage of MSW originates from household activities. In this study we calculate the costs of setting up and running a zero-waste mortar-producing (ZWMP) process utilizing MSW in Northern Greece. The process is based on a thermal co-processing of properly dried and processed MSW with raw materials (limestone, clay materials, silicates and iron oxides) needed for the production of clinker and consequently of mortar in accordance with the Greek Patent 1003333, which has been proven to be an environmentally friendly process. According to our estimations, the amount of MSW generated in Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace regions, which is conservatively estimated at 1,270,000 t/y for the year 2020 if recycling schemes in Greece are not greatly ameliorated, may sustain six ZWMP plants while offering considerable environmental benefits. This work can be applied to many cities and areas, especially when their population generates MSW at the level of 200,000 t/y, hence requiring one ZWMP plant for processing.

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Description and Economic Evaluation of a “Zero-Waste Mortar-Producing Process” for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece

Sikalidis

Emmanouil

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The investment and treatment efficiencies of industrial solid waste in China’s Yangtze and non-Yangtze River Economic Belts

Ren

Chen

Tian

et al. 2022

J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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Monitoring the performances of a real scale municipal solid waste composting and a biodrying facility using respiration activity indices

Evangelou

Gerassimidou

Mavrakis³

et al. 2016

Environ Monit Assess

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Objective of the work was to monitor two full-scale commingled municipal solid waste (MSW) mechanical and biological pretreatment (MBT) facilities in Greece, namely a biodrying and a composting facility. Monitoring data from a 1.5-year sampling period is presented, whilst microbial respiration indices were used to monitor the decomposition process and the stability status of the wastes in both facilities during the process. Results showed that in the composting facility, the organic matter reduced by 35 % after 8 weeks of combined composting/curing. Material exiting the biocells had a moisture content of less than 30 % (wb) indicating a moisture limitation during the active composting process. The static respiration indexes indicated that some stabilization occurred during the process, but the final material could not be characterized as stable compost. In the biodrying facility, the initial and final moisture contents were 50 % and less than 20 % wb, respectively, and the biodrying index was equal to 4.1 indicating effective biodrying. Lower heating values at the inlet and outlet were approximately 5.5 and 10 MJ/wet kg, respectively. The organic matter was reduced by 20 % during the process and specifically from a range of 63-77 % dw (inlet) to a range of 61-70 % dw. A significant respiration activity reduction was observed for some of the biodrying samples. A statistically significant correlation among all three respiration activity indices was recorded, with the two oxygen related activity indices (CRI7 and SRI24) observing the highest correlation.

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Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Description and Economic Evaluation of a “Zero-Waste Mortar-Producing Process” for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece

Description and Economic Evaluation of a “Zero-Waste Mortar-Producing Process” for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Greece

The investment and treatment efficiencies of industrial solid waste in China’s Yangtze and non-Yangtze River Economic Belts

Monitoring the performances of a real scale municipal solid waste composting and a biodrying facility using respiration activity indices

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