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Life cycle assessment of integrated municipal solid waste management systems, taking account of climate change and landfill shortage trade-off problems.
Waste Manag Res. 2011 Apr; 29(4):423-32.WM

Abstract

Steps taken to counter the climate change problem have a significant impact on the municipal solid waste management (MSW) sector, which must tackle regional environmental problems such as the shortage of sanitary landfills, especially in Japan. Moreover, greenhouse gas emissions and final disposal have a trade-off relationship. Therefore, alleviation of both these environmental problems is difficult, and Japanese local municipalities are anxious for action to solve these problems and reduce treatment costs. Although ambitious waste management measures have been enacted in many countries, they appear to lack a holistic view and do not adopt a life cycle approach. Therefore, it is important to reconstruct the MSW management system, taking into account environmental and economic aspects. In the present study, life cycle assessment and mathematical modelling were used to seek ways of redesigning the MSW management system in order to minimize environmental impacts and/or reduce treatment costs. One economic block was selected as the study area (Iwate Prefecture in Japan). The life cycle inventory and costs data for every MSW transportation and treatment process in this region were collected and processed. Then, taking account of geographic information, an optimal solution for the minimization of environmental impact or treatment costs was derived. To solve the trade-off problem, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to find optimal reduction targets for climate change and final disposal.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. tabata@urban.env.nagoya-u.ac.jpNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info available

Pub Type(s)

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

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20699290

Citation

Tabata, Tomohiro, et al. "Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems, Taking Account of Climate Change and Landfill Shortage Trade-off Problems." Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, vol. 29, no. 4, 2011, pp. 423-32.
Tabata T, Hishinuma T, Ihara T, et al. Life cycle assessment of integrated municipal solid waste management systems, taking account of climate change and landfill shortage trade-off problems. Waste Manag Res. 2011;29(4):423-32.
Tabata, T., Hishinuma, T., Ihara, T., & Genchi, Y. (2011). Life cycle assessment of integrated municipal solid waste management systems, taking account of climate change and landfill shortage trade-off problems. Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, 29(4), 423-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X10379493
Tabata T, et al. Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems, Taking Account of Climate Change and Landfill Shortage Trade-off Problems. Waste Manag Res. 2011;29(4):423-32. PubMed PMID: 20699290.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Life cycle assessment of integrated municipal solid waste management systems, taking account of climate change and landfill shortage trade-off problems. AU - Tabata,Tomohiro, AU - Hishinuma,Tatsuo, AU - Ihara,Tomohiko, AU - Genchi,Yutaka, Y1 - 2010/08/10/ PY - 2010/8/12/entrez PY - 2010/8/12/pubmed PY - 2011/6/15/medline SP - 423 EP - 32 JF - Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA JO - Waste Manag Res VL - 29 IS - 4 N2 - Steps taken to counter the climate change problem have a significant impact on the municipal solid waste management (MSW) sector, which must tackle regional environmental problems such as the shortage of sanitary landfills, especially in Japan. Moreover, greenhouse gas emissions and final disposal have a trade-off relationship. Therefore, alleviation of both these environmental problems is difficult, and Japanese local municipalities are anxious for action to solve these problems and reduce treatment costs. Although ambitious waste management measures have been enacted in many countries, they appear to lack a holistic view and do not adopt a life cycle approach. Therefore, it is important to reconstruct the MSW management system, taking into account environmental and economic aspects. In the present study, life cycle assessment and mathematical modelling were used to seek ways of redesigning the MSW management system in order to minimize environmental impacts and/or reduce treatment costs. One economic block was selected as the study area (Iwate Prefecture in Japan). The life cycle inventory and costs data for every MSW transportation and treatment process in this region were collected and processed. Then, taking account of geographic information, an optimal solution for the minimization of environmental impact or treatment costs was derived. To solve the trade-off problem, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to find optimal reduction targets for climate change and final disposal. SN - 1096-3669 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/20699290/Life_cycle_assessment_of_integrated_municipal_solid_waste_management_systems_taking_account_of_climate_change_and_landfill_shortage_trade_off_problems_ L2 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0734242X10379493?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub=pubmed DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -