Waste Management Strategies: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach

Khoshnevisan, Benyamin; Rafiee, Shahin; Tabatabaei, Meisam

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77335-3_12

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“…Changes in the design of products (and services), in their structure, in the way they perform their functions, and in their material structure have a direct impact on the time and manner of use at the end of life stage. In this way, manufacturers take responsibility and shape two important parameters related Resources 2024, 13, 52 2 of 19 to the production and material structure of products and their packaging: their recycled content and the recycling rate. These are both closely linked to the "Design for Recycling" strategy [4] and are of key importance for modelling circularity in the life cycle of products.…”

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The Circularity of Materials from the Perspective of the Product Life Cycle: A Case Study of Secondary Fence Board, Part 2 (Scenario Analysis)

Kulczycka,

Lewandowska,

Joachimiak-Lechman

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Recycling strategies demonstrate different life cycle environmental performance. In order to assess this performance, a life cycle assessment may be used. In such studies, the recycling should be linked with multifunctionality and allocation. This requires it to be modelled accordingly, especially in terms of environmental burdens and credits. The paper presents a case study of open-loop recycling. A flow of mixed post-consumer multi-material waste was reprocessed into another product with a new application—a fence board made of recycled material (secondary fence board). Although many allocation-related case studies are provided in the literature, no example of a comparison between different substitution scenarios for open-loop recycling has been found. In order to fill the gap, various hypothetical market-mix-based alternatives related to the virgin production and durability of products have been examined. The goal of the study is to assess the potential environmental impact of 1 m2 of secondary fence board modelled in different substitution scenarios. The paper is the second part of a two-part study. In Part 1, life cycle assessment results were presented for a baseline scenario (1A). Part 2 focuses strongly on allocation considerations. In order to ensure a consistency between the results of Part 1 and Part 2, the entire life cycle of the fence board has been taken into account in both calculations. The case study has shown that the results may be highly sensitive to the choice of substitutes and the choice of quality attributes impacting the reference flows (in our example, the durability of products).

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“…The potential environmental consequences of decisions regarding waste management and the circularity of products can be assessed with a method called life cycle assessment (LCA). There are many examples of the use of LCA in the field of waste management [13][14][15][16]. In the LCA methodology, recycling comes with multifunctionality.…”

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The Circularity of Materials from the Perspective of the Product Life Cycle: A Case Study of Secondary Fence Board, Part 2 (Scenario Analysis)

Kulczycka,

Lewandowska,

Joachimiak-Lechman

et al. 2024

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“…Waste management problem in a country is the result of technological, financial and political failure. Proper consideration of technical, economic and social information is necessary in achieving sustainable waste management [3]. In most waste management cases, the effectiveness and usefulness of the proposed waste management technique is analyzed using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) process.…”

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Leather waste management scenario in Developed and Developing nations: A Comparative

Koppiahraj¹,

Sankaranarayanan²,

Saravanasankar³

2019

IJEAT

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Solid waste management has been a serious issue of concern for both developing and developed nations as it stands out to be a potential threat in term of health hazards, environmental exploitation and economic burden. Hence, a properly well-designed eco-friendly solid waste management system is mandatory. Most of the developed countries had witnessed success in handling solid waste generated by households and industries by implementing closed-loop supply chain management (CLSCM) and majorly by outsourcing. But, solid waste management scenario in developing nations is entirely different and is not even in initial stage. This paper specially emphasize on leather industries solid waste management as leather industries around the world possess threat to mankind and environment. In this study, papers on leather solid waste management is selected and reviewed. Finally, a strategic comparison is made between the waste management techniques followed in developing and developed nation.

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“…Numerous authors have used sludge as a starting material for the production of compost and indicated that composting is a technique that converts sludge into a useful product which can generate many opportunities and cost reductions for agri-food entities [41][42][43][44][45][46]. The scale of waste management processes suggests the idea of using, recycling, and composting [47][48][49][50][51][52]. It is obvious that the recovery of waste at the present stage is much more important than its liquidation by destruction or storage in landfills.…”

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The Analysis of the Economic Effects on the Greening and Recovery of the Sludge Waste Resulting from the Biogas Production Activity

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Starting from identifying an upward trend in waste disposal costs at the municipal landfill, the research aims to analyze the viability of investment to integrate a compost platform, which transforms the sludge resulting from the biogas production process into a soil improver for agricultural land. The economic entity analyzed activates agri-food and uses a biogas plant as a management tool for the waste from slaughtering chickens, to obtain biogas, heat, and electricity. The study is carried out through the multi-criteria analysis based on the following variants: The operation of the biogas plant with sludge disposal as waste (V1), the operation with recovery of waste as soil improver (V2), the closure of the biogas plant (V3). The economic effects regarding the greening and capitalization of the sludge waste are quantified from a monetary point of view and based on the analysis the optimal variant, V2, is established. It has been proven that the investment generates: Positive results increased by 70.52%, a positive and upward opportunity cost by 37.96%, and marginal profit growth of 53.17%. The study emphasizes that efficient waste management turns an environmental problem and cost into an economic and ecological advantage for the economic entities.

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Waste Management Strategies: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

The Circularity of Materials from the Perspective of the Product Life Cycle: A Case Study of Secondary Fence Board, Part 2 (Scenario Analysis)

The Circularity of Materials from the Perspective of the Product Life Cycle: A Case Study of Secondary Fence Board, Part 2 (Scenario Analysis)

Leather waste management scenario in Developed and Developing nations: A Comparative

The Analysis of the Economic Effects on the Greening and Recovery of the Sludge Waste Resulting from the Biogas Production Activity

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