A Life Cycle Analysis Approach for the Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices: The Case Study of the Region of Central Macedonia, Greece

Sustainability

Charisios Achillas¹  Dionysis Bochtis²  Georgios Banias²  Maria Batsioula²  Nicolas Moussiopoulos³  SotirisI. Patsios⁴  KonstantinosN. Kontogiannopoulos⁵ 

[1] Department of Supply Chain Management, School of Economics and Business Administration, International Hellenic University, GR 60100 Katerini, Greece;Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (iBO), Center for Research and Technology–Hellas (CERTH), 6th km Charilaou-Thermi Rd, GR 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece;Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, GR 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;Laboratory of Natural Resources and Renewable Energies, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, GR-57001 Thessaloniki, Greece;Organic Chemistry Laboratory Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Organic Chemistry Laboratory GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;

关键词: environmental impact assessment;    integrated waste management plan;    sustainable waste management practices;    municipal solid waste (MSW);    life cycle assessment (LCA);    sustainability assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12198221

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management has been a major problem of modern cities for many years. Thus, the development of optimal waste management strategies has been a priority for the European Commission, especially in the transition toward a circular economy. In this paper, an analysis of different MSW treatment methods that can be effectively implemented in the Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) is provided, and their comparison from an environmental point of view is performed. The assessment is based on real data indicated in the recently updated Greek National Waste Management Plan, whereas the different scenarios developed include landfilling without energy recovery, landfilling with energy recovery, recycling and secondary materials recovery, mechanical-biological treatment, bio-waste composting and anaerobic digestion with energy recovery, and incineration with energy recovery. The obtained results illustrate that efficient waste streams sorting is of vital importance for the effective implementation of an integrated waste management system toward the sustainable management of MSW.

【 授权许可】

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