PMID- 23038046
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130520
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1096-3669 (Electronic)
VI  - 30
IP  - 12
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - Quantifying capital goods for collection and transport of waste.
PG  - 1243-50
LID - 10.1177/0734242X12462279 [doi]
AB  - The capital goods for collection and transport of waste were quantified for 
      different types of containers (plastic containers, cubes and steel containers) 
      and an 18-tonnes compacting collection truck. The data were collected from 
      producers and vendors of the bins and the truck. The service lifetime and the 
      capacity of the goods were also assessed. Environmental impact assessment of the 
      production of the capital goods revealed that, per tonne of waste handled, the 
      truck had the largest contribution followed by the steel container. Large high 
      density polyethylene (HDPE) containers had the lowest impact per tonne of waste 
      handled. The impact of producing the capital goods for waste collection and 
      transport cannot be neglected as the capital goods dominate (>85%) the categories 
      human-toxicity (non-cancer and cancer), ecotoxicity, resource depletion and 
      aquatic eutrophication, but also play a role (>13%) within the other impact 
      categories when compared with the impacts from combustion of fuels for the 
      collection and transport of the waste, when a transport distance of 25 km was 
      assumed.
FAU - Brogaard, Line K
AU  - Brogaard LK
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens 
      Lyngby, Denmark. lksb@env.dtu.dk
FAU - Christensen, Thomas H
AU  - Christensen TH
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20121003
PL  - England
TA  - Waste Manag Res
JT  - Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and 
      Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
JID - 9881064
RN  - 0 (Solid Waste)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Environment
MH  - Manufactured Materials/*analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - *Motor Vehicles
MH  - Refuse Disposal/*methods
MH  - Solid Waste/analysis
MH  - Waste Management/*methods
EDAT- 2012/10/06 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/22 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/06 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0734242X12462279 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0734242X12462279 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag Res. 2012 Dec;30(12):1243-50. doi: 10.1177/0734242X12462279. Epub 
      2012 Oct 3.