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Environmental impacts of waste incineration in a regional system (Emilia Romagna, Italy) evaluated from a life cycle perspective.
J Hazard Mater. 2008 Nov 30; 159(2-3):505-11.JH

Abstract

The advisability of using incineration, among the other technologies in Municipal Solid Waste Management, is still a debated issue. However, technological evolution in the field of waste incineration plants has strongly decreased their environmental impacts in the last years. A description of a regional situation in Northern Italy (Emilia Romagna Region) is here presented, to assess the impacts of incinerators by the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and to stress the most impacting steps in incineration process. The management of solid residues and heavy metal emission resulted the most important environmental concerns. Furthermore, a tentative comparison with the environmental impact of landfill disposal, for the same amount of waste, pointed out that incineration process must be considered environmentally preferable.

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Morselli L
Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali - Università di Bologna, viale Risorgimento 4, 40146 Bologna, Italy. luciano.morselli@unibo.it
De Robertis C
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Luzi J
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Passarini F
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Vassura I
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MeSH

AnimalsCarcinogensEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsEnvironmental PollutionHumansIncinerationItalyLife Cycle StagesMetals, HeavyPower PlantsRefuse Disposal

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18384954

Citation

Morselli, Luciano, et al. "Environmental Impacts of Waste Incineration in a Regional System (Emilia Romagna, Italy) Evaluated From a Life Cycle Perspective." Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 159, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 505-11.
Morselli L, De Robertis C, Luzi J, et al. Environmental impacts of waste incineration in a regional system (Emilia Romagna, Italy) evaluated from a life cycle perspective. J Hazard Mater. 2008;159(2-3):505-11.
Morselli, L., De Robertis, C., Luzi, J., Passarini, F., & Vassura, I. (2008). Environmental impacts of waste incineration in a regional system (Emilia Romagna, Italy) evaluated from a life cycle perspective. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 159(2-3), 505-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.047
Morselli L, et al. Environmental Impacts of Waste Incineration in a Regional System (Emilia Romagna, Italy) Evaluated From a Life Cycle Perspective. J Hazard Mater. 2008 Nov 30;159(2-3):505-11. PubMed PMID: 18384954.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Environmental impacts of waste incineration in a regional system (Emilia Romagna, Italy) evaluated from a life cycle perspective. AU - Morselli,Luciano, AU - De Robertis,Claudia, AU - Luzi,Joseph, AU - Passarini,Fabrizio, AU - Vassura,Ivano, Y1 - 2008/02/23/ PY - 2007/07/06/received PY - 2008/02/19/revised PY - 2008/02/19/accepted PY - 2008/4/4/pubmed PY - 2009/1/30/medline PY - 2008/4/4/entrez SP - 505 EP - 11 JF - Journal of hazardous materials JO - J Hazard Mater VL - 159 IS - 2-3 N2 - The advisability of using incineration, among the other technologies in Municipal Solid Waste Management, is still a debated issue. However, technological evolution in the field of waste incineration plants has strongly decreased their environmental impacts in the last years. A description of a regional situation in Northern Italy (Emilia Romagna Region) is here presented, to assess the impacts of incinerators by the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and to stress the most impacting steps in incineration process. The management of solid residues and heavy metal emission resulted the most important environmental concerns. Furthermore, a tentative comparison with the environmental impact of landfill disposal, for the same amount of waste, pointed out that incineration process must be considered environmentally preferable. SN - 0304-3894 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18384954/Environmental_impacts_of_waste_incineration_in_a_regional_system__Emilia_Romagna_Italy__evaluated_from_a_life_cycle_perspective_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -