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Environmental assessment of different management options for individual waste fractions by means of life-cycle assessment modelling

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  • Manfredi, Simone
  • Tonini, Davide
  • Christensen, Thomas H.

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Several alternatives exist for handling of individual waste fractions, including recycling, incineration and landfilling. From an environmental point of view, the latter is commonly considered as the least desirable option. Many studies based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) highlight the environmental benefits offered by incineration and especially by recycling. However, the landfilling option is often approached unjustly in these studies, maybe disregarding the remarkable technological improvements that landfills have undergone in the last decades in many parts of the world.

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  • Manfredi, Simone & Tonini, Davide & Christensen, Thomas H., 2011. "Environmental assessment of different management options for individual waste fractions by means of life-cycle assessment modelling," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 55(11), pages 995-1004.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:55:y:2011:i:11:p:995-1004
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.05.009
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