Integrated solid waste management and energy production - A life cycle assessment approach: The case study of the city of Thessaloniki

Koroneos, CJ; Nanaki, EA

dc.contributor.author	Koroneos, CJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Nanaki, EA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:09:21Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:09:21Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	09596526	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29827
dc.subject	Life cycle assessment	en
dc.subject	Solid waste management	en
dc.subject	Thessaloniki	en
dc.subject.other	Bio-cells	en
dc.subject.other	Biological treatment plants	en
dc.subject.other	Disposal methods	en
dc.subject.other	Energy productions	en
dc.subject.other	Energy recovery	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Food waste	en
dc.subject.other	Future generations	en
dc.subject.other	Innovative strategies	en
dc.subject.other	Landfilling	en
dc.subject.other	Life-cycle assessments	en
dc.subject.other	Management issues	en
dc.subject.other	Management method	en
dc.subject.other	Methodological frameworks	en
dc.subject.other	Paper recycling	en
dc.subject.other	Plastic wastes	en
dc.subject.other	Public awareness	en
dc.subject.other	Thessaloniki	en
dc.subject.other	Waste fraction	en
dc.subject.other	Anaerobic digestion	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject.other	Life cycle	en
dc.subject.other	Recycling	en
dc.subject.other	Solid wastes	en
dc.subject.other	Waste management	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental management	en
dc.subject.other	Thessaloniki	en
dc.title	Integrated solid waste management and energy production - A life cycle assessment approach: The case study of the city of Thessaloniki	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.010	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.010	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	Innovative strategies are needed to deal with the waste we produce today to prevent it from causing problems for future generations. As waste management issues gain public awareness, concern has risen about the appropriateness of various disposal methods. The objective of this work is the environmental assessment of different municipal solid waste treatment strategies for the city of Thessaloniki, within the methodological frameworks of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the Integrated Solid Waste Management strategy, taking into account social, environmental and economic effects. The waste management methods in this study include: landfill of all waste fractions, recycling of paper, and anaerobic digestion of food waste in a biological treatment plant. The waste fractions considered are the total amount of food, paper and plastic waste produced in Thessaloniki during the period of one year. Environmental impacts are decreased when the solid waste management methods include some kind of recovery from waste. The results of this work indicate that paper recycling and anaerobic digestion of food waste is preferable compared to landfilling. It is also shown that landfilling of food waste utilizing the biocells method is more attractive than anaerobic digestion in a separate plant; nevertheless, energy recovery is about 45% lower. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Cleaner Production	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.010	en
dc.identifier.volume	27	en
dc.identifier.spage	141	en
dc.identifier.epage	150	en