A systematic review of life cycle assessment of solid waste management: methodological trends and prospects

KS Mulya, J Zhou, ZX Phuang, D Laner… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid waste disposal has led to increasing concerns over resource, health, and
environmental problems. These issues have been investigated using the Life Cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Biogas-to-biomethane upgrading: A comparative review and assessment in a life cycle perspective

F Ardolino, GF Cardamone, F Parrillo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study reviews and compares the most utilised techniques to obtain high quality
biomethane by upgrading biogas from anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of …

Towards blockchain-based hospital waste management systems; applications and future trends

SMH Bamakan, P Malekinejad, M Ziaeian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective hospital waste management (HWM) has become a significant environmental and
green healthcare domain issue. In this regard, recent outstanding technological advances in …

Influence of the classification of municipal solid wastes on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: a case study of Qingdao City, China

R Bian, J Chen, T Zhang, C Gao, Y Niu, Y Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is an important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Reduction of GHG emissions and resource recovery from MSW disposal units is vital for …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of biowaste and green waste composting systems: a review of applications and implementation challenges

ER Oviedo-Ocaña, C Abendroth, IC Domínguez… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Composting is one of the most widely applied methods for recycling organic waste. This
process has been proposed as one option that facilitates the reincorporation of materials …

Agro-forestry waste management-A review

J Gupta, M Kumari, A Mishra, M Akram, IS Thakur - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Agroforestry, an integration of farming system with woody perennials leads to the generation
of potential agroforestry residues. The conventional treatment of agroforestry waste includes …

[HTML][HTML] A model to assess the environmental and economic impacts of municipal waste management in Europe

PF Albizzati, G Foster, P Gaudillat, S Manfredi… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Monitoring Framework proposed in the EU27 New Circular Economy Action
Plan comprises two mass-based indicators, namely overall recycling rate and recycling rate …

The hidden economic and environmental costs of eliminating kerb-side recycling

M Anshassi, TG Townsend - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Local governments provide household collection of garbage and recyclables on a routine
schedule, and these recycling programmes represent the most visible opportunity for …

Climate change impacts of introducing carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in waste incineration

TH Christensen, V Bisinella - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Amending municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) with carbon capture and utilisation
(CCU) can simultaneously lower the climate change impacts of incineration and supply …

Operational framework to quantify “quality of recycling” across different material types

M Roosen, D Tonini, PF Albizzati, D Caro… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many pledges and laws are setting recycling targets without clearly defining quality of
recycling. Striving to close this gap, this study presents an operational framework to quantify …