The construction of management system model for environmental assessment of solid waste

To ensure sustainable development regarding solid waste management three areas have to be ensured: environmental sustainability, economical sustainability and social acceptance. This means that an environmental assessment is not sufficient to base decisions upon, why models for evaluating environmental consequences of a solid waste management system are decision support tools rather than decision tools. The result from an environmental evaluation must be considered along with financial costs and acceptability in society. The main aim of this article study is to develop a user-friendly and flexible computer based calculation model for environmental assessment of waste management systems for municipal solid waste. The model enables, by the use of life cycle assessment, comparisons between different waste management strategies and different technologies within a waste treatment method.