Assessing recycling versus incineration of key materials in municipal waste: The importance of efficient energy recovery and transport distances

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1009-1018

  Merrild, Hanna ^a   Larsen, Anna W ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EASEWASTE; Household waste; Incineration; LCA; Recycling; Transport

Indexed keywords

EASEWASTE; ENERGY CONTENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; INCINERATION PLANT; KEY MATERIALS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL FRACTIONS; MATERIAL RECYCLING; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PRE-TREATMENT; RECYCLABLES; RECYCLING OF MATERIALS; RECYCLING PAPER; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL CARRYING CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOUSEHOLD; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 84858796855     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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