Life cycle assessments of municipal solid waste management systems: A comparative analysis of selected peer-reviewed literature

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1256-1266

  Cleary, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification potential; Comparative analysis; Global warming potential; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Net energy use; Scope; System boundaries; Waste hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; TRANSPARENCY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COSTING; NET ENERGY; SCOPE; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; WASTE HIERARCHIES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ACIDIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349311265     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.07.009     Document Type: Review

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