Proposal of an environmental performance index to assess solid waste treatment technologies

Coelho, Hosmanny Mauro Goulart; Lange, Liséte Celina; Coelho, Lineker Max Goulart

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.001

Cited by 27 publications

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“…The construction of composite indicators is usually carried out in multiple areas of public management, such as the economy and its various sectors (industry, agriculture, services, etc. ), social development, scientific research and comprehensive analysis of the environment, among others [38,39,[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59].…”

Section: Environmental Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land Use/Land Cover Assessment over Time Using a New Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) Based on an Object-Oriented Model and GIS Data

Rodrigo-Ilarri¹,

Romero²,

Rodrigo-Clavero³

2020

Sustainability

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For the first time, this paper introduces and describes a new Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) based on object-oriented models and GIS data. The index has been designed to integrate all the available information from extensive and detailed GIS databases. After the conceptual definition of the index has been justified, two applications for the regional and local scales of the WEI are shown. The applications analyze the evolution over time of the environmental value from land-use change for two different case studies in Spain: the Valencian Region and the L’Alcora municipality. Data have been obtained from the Spanish Land Occupation Information System (SIOSE) public database and integrate GIS information about land use/land cover on an extensive, high-detailed scale. Results demonstrate the application of the WEI to real case studies and the importance of integrating statistical analysis of WEI evolution over time to arrive at a better understanding of the socio-economic and environmental processes that induce land-use change.

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Section: Environmental Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land Use/Land Cover Assessment over Time Using a New Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) Based on an Object-Oriented Model and GIS Data

Rodrigo-Ilarri¹,

Romero²,

Rodrigo-Clavero³

2020

Sustainability

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“…Most of the published research has focused on high-income countries, with only a few that have focused on developing countries (designated here with a *). Examples include indicators for waste prevention (Wilts, 2012), for zero waste management systems (Zaman and Lehmann, 2013;Zaman 2014 a, b) and for 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) policies to transition from waste management to resource management (Hotta, 2014*); for extended producer responsibility systems (Wen, et al, 2009); for tracking compliance with European Union requirements (Cifrian, et al, 2010(Cifrian, et al, , 2012(Cifrian, et al, , 2013Fragkou, et al, 2010;Nicolli, 2012) or to rank the performance of US cities (Greene and Tonjes, 2014); for recycling systems (Suttibak and Nitivattananon, 2008*); for selective collection for recycling (Bringhenti, et al, 2011*;Caio and Fernando, 2013*;and Passarini et al, 2011); for waste collection (Kagiannidis, et al, 2004;Huang, et al, 2011); and for comparing technologies for waste treatment, recycling and disposal (Machettini et al, 2007;Chirico et al, 2010;Handakas and Saragiannis, 2012;Coelho, et al, 2012*;Manikpura, et al, 2012Manikpura, et al, , 2013. Indicators for comparing and selecting technologies overlap with the use of life cycle analysis (LCA) in solid waste management.…”

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‘Wasteaware’ benchmark indicators for integrated sustainable waste management in cities

Wilson

Rodić

Cowing³

et al. 2015

Waste Management

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This paper addresses a major problem in international solid waste management, which is twofold: a lack of data, and a lack of consistent data to allow comparison between cities. The paper presents an indicator set for integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) in cities both North and South, to allow benchmarking of a city's performance, comparing cities and monitoring developments over time. It builds on pioneering work for UN-Habitat's Solid Waste Management in The World's Cities. The comprehensive analytical framework of a city's solid waste management system is divided into two overlapping 'triangles' -one comprising the three physical components, i.e. collection, recycling, and disposal, and the other comprising three governance aspects, i.e. inclusivity; financial sustainability; and sound institutions and proactive policies. The indicator set includes essential quantitative indicators as well as qualitative composite indicators. This updated and revised 'Wasteaware' set of ISWM benchmark indicators is the cumulative result of testing various prototypes in more than 50 cities around the world. This experience confirms the utility of indicators in allowing comprehensive performance measurement and comparison of both 'hard' physical components and 'soft' governance aspects; and in prioritising 'next steps' in developing a city's solid waste management system, by identifying both local strengths that can be built on and weak points to be addressed. The Wasteaware ISWM indicators are applicable to a broad range of cities with very different levels of income and solid waste management practices. Their wide application as a standard methodology will help to fill the historical data gap. o measure both technical and governance aspects o have been developed over 5 years and tested in more than 50 cities on 6 continents o enable consistent comparison between cities and countries and monitoring progress

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“…components. For example, the Cleaner Treatment Index (CTI) was developed by Coelho et al (2012) to assess the environmental performance of waste treatment technologies based on the "cleaner treatment" concept, whereas in the work of Herva and Roca (2013) four different options of MSW treatment were ranked from an environmental point of view by applying the ecological footprint (EF) as a single composite indicator, and a multi-criteria analysis integrating the EF together with other material flow indicators related to water consumption, emissions to air and water and occupied landfill volume. The Transport Intensity Index (TII) proposed by Vivanco et al (2012) addresses efficiency in terms of the transport requirements to manage a specific waste flow throughout the entire MSW management life cycle.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrated municipal waste management systems: An indicator to assess their environmental and economic sustainability

Rigamonti

Sterpi

Grosso

2016

Ecological Indicators

119

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Proposal of an environmental performance index to assess solid waste treatment technologies

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Land Use/Land Cover Assessment over Time Using a New Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) Based on an Object-Oriented Model and GIS Data

Land Use/Land Cover Assessment over Time Using a New Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) Based on an Object-Oriented Model and GIS Data

‘Wasteaware’ benchmark indicators for integrated sustainable waste management in cities

Integrated municipal waste management systems: An indicator to assess their environmental and economic sustainability

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