PMID- 20171078
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100616
LR  - 20100412
IS  - 1879-2456 (Electronic)
IS  - 0956-053X (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 6
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - LCA comparison of container systems in municipal solid waste management.
PG  - 949-57
LID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.027 [doi]
AB  - The planning and design of integrated municipal solid waste management (MSWM) 
      systems requires accurate environmental impact evaluation of the systems and 
      their components. This research assessed, quantified and compared the 
      environmental impact of the first stage of the most used MSW container systems. 
      The comparison was based on factors such as the volume of the containers, from 
      small bins of 60-80l to containers of 2400l, and on the manufactured materials, 
      steel and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Also, some parameters such as 
      frequency of collections, waste generation, filling percentage and waste 
      container contents, were established to obtain comparable systems. The 
      methodological framework of the analysis was the life cycle assessment (LCA), and 
      the impact assessment method was based on CML 2 baseline 2000. Results indicated 
      that, for the same volume, the collection systems that use HDPE waste containers 
      had more of an impact than those using steel waste containers, in terms of 
      abiotic depletion, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acidification, 
      eutrophication, photochemical oxidation, human toxicity and terrestrial 
      ecotoxicity. Besides, the collection systems using small HDPE bins (60l or 80l) 
      had most impact while systems using big steel containers (2400l) had less impact. 
      Subsequent sensitivity analysis about the parameters established demonstrated 
      that they could change the ultimate environmental impact of each waste container 
      collection system, but that the comparative relationship between systems was 
      similar.
CI  - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Rives, Jesus
AU  - Rives J
AD  - SosteniPrA (UAB-IRTA), Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), 
      Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. 
      Jesus.Rives@uab.cat
FAU - Rieradevall, Joan
AU  - Rieradevall J
FAU - Gabarrell, Xavier
AU  - Gabarrell X
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100218
PL  - United States
TA  - Waste Manag
JT  - Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 9884362
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollution
MH  - Refuse Disposal/*methods
EDAT- 2010/02/23 06:00
MHDA- 2010/06/17 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/23 06:00
PHST- 2009/06/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/12/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/01/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/02/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0956-053X(10)00069-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.027 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag. 2010 Jun;30(6):949-57. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.027. Epub 2010 
      Feb 18.