Title of article
Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Waste Management System (Case Study: Karaj, Iran)
Author/Authors
NAGHIBZADEH, S. SHAHRAM velayat university - Department of Environment, ايرانشهر, ايران , KHORASANI, NEMATOLAH university of tehran - Collage of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Department of Environment, تهران, ايران , YOUSEFI, JAVAD velayat university - Department of Environment, ايرانشهر, ايران , MOUSAVI, B. SOMAYEH Hatef Higher Education Institute - Department of Electrical Engineering, ايران , BADEHIAN, ZIAEDIN lorestan university - Department of Forestry, خرمآباد, ايران
From page
559
To page
565
Abstract
LCA has been defined as a tool for evaluating the environmental burdens and potential impacts that can be applied to municipal solid waste management systems for determine the optimum municipal solid waste (MSW) management strategy.To investigate the Waste Management system strategyof Karaj City we used LCA method. Three scenarios were defined and compared based on environmental burden include water pollution, air pollution, consumed energy and waste residues.. For each of these scenarios, an ecological indicator was achieved from checklist values. From the environmental point of view, results show that recycling is one of the best alternatives for Waste Management. Furthermore, composting has an important role in alleviating the load of pollutants and energy usage in the Waste Management system
Keywords
Waste Management system , LCA , Karaj
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Record number
2659303
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