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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, 3-15 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06062580

Environmental assessment of solid waste systems and technologies: EASEWASTE

Janus T. Kirkeby

Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, jtk{at}er.dtu.dk

Harpa Birgisdottir

Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Trine Lund Hansen

Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas H. Christensen

Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Gurbakhash Singh Bhander

Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Michael Hauschild

Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

A new model has been developed for evaluating the overall resource consumption and environmental impacts of municipal solid waste management systems by the use of life cycle assessment. The model is named EASEWASTE (Environmental Assessment of Solid Waste Systems and Technologies) and is able to compare different waste management strategies, waste treatment methods and waste process technologies. The potential environmental impacts can be traced back to the most important processes and waste fractions that contribute to the relevant impacts. A model like EASEWASTE can be used by waste planners to optimize current waste management systems with respect to environmental achievements and by authorities to set guidelines and regulations and to evaluate different strategies for handling of waste. The waste hierarchy has for decades been governing waste management but the ranking of handling approaches may not always be the most environmentally friendly. The EASEWASTE model can identify the most environmentally sustainable solution, which may differ among waste materials and regions and can add valuable information about environmental achievements from each process in a solid waste management system.

Key Words: Solid waste • solid waste management • life cycle assessment • environmental system analysis • EASEWASTE • wmr 854-1

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