Environmental impacts and costs of solid waste: A comparison of landfill and incineration

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-162

  Rabl, Ari ^a   Spadaro, Joseph V ^a   Zoughaib, Assaad ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dioxins; Energy recovery; External costs; Greenhouse gases; Health impacts; Impact pathway analysis; Life cycle assessment; Materials recovery; Toxic metals; wmr 1068 3

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

DIOXINS; IMPACT PATHWAY ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIALS RECOVERY; TOXIC METALS;

SOLID WASTES;

CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMIUM; DIOXIN; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; NITROGEN OXIDE;

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST; DIOXIN; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE TRANSPORT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

ENVIRONMENT; INCINERATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 42149146679     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07080755     Document Type: Article

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