Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment

Dan Wang; Jun He; Yu Ting Tang

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_6

Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment

Dan Wang
, Jun He
, Yu Ting Tang

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Abstract

Faced with the challenges to deal with increasingly growing and ever diversified municipal solid waste (MSW), a series of waste directives have been published by European Commission to divert MSW from landfills to more sustainable management options. The presented study assessed the transition of MSW management in Nottingham, UK, since the enforcement of the EU Landfill Directive using a tool of combined materials flow analysis (MFA) and life cycle assessment (LCA). The results show that the MSW management system in Nottingham changed from a relatively simple landfill and energy from waste (EfW) mode to a complex, multi-technology mode. Improvements in waste reduction, material recycling, energy recovery, and landfill prevention have been made. As a positive result, the global warming potential (GWP) of the MSW management system reduced from 1076.0 kg CO₂-eq./t of MSW in 2001/02 to 211.3 kg CO₂-eq./t of MSW in 2016/17. Based on the results of MFA and LCA, recommendations on separating food waste and textile at source and updating treatment technologies are made for future improvement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability
Subtitle of host publication	Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) -
Editors	Faith Ka Chan, Hing Kai Chan, Tiantian Zhang, Ming Xu
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	77-92
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9789811596049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_6
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	International Conference on Resource Sustainability - Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era, icRS Urbanisation 2020 - Ningbo, China Duration: 13 Dec 2020 → 15 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Environmental Science and Engineering
ISSN (Print)	1863-5520
ISSN (Electronic)	1863-5539

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Resource Sustainability - Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era, icRS Urbanisation 2020
Country/Territory	China
City	Ningbo
Period	13/12/20 → 15/12/20

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Future improvement
Global warming potential
Life cycle assessment
Material flow analysis
Municipal solid waste

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Wang, D., He, J., & Tang, Y. T. (2020). Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. In F. K. Chan, H. K. Chan, T. Zhang, & M. Xu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) - (pp. 77-92). (Environmental Science and Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_6

Wang, Dan ; He, Jun ; Tang, Yu Ting. / Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) -. editor / Faith Ka Chan ; Hing Kai Chan ; Tiantian Zhang ; Ming Xu. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. pp. 77-92 (Environmental Science and Engineering).

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Wang, D, He, J & Tang, YT 2020, Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. in FK Chan, HK Chan, T Zhang & M Xu (eds), Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) -. Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 77-92, International Conference on Resource Sustainability - Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era, icRS Urbanisation 2020, Ningbo, China, 13/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_6

Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. / Wang, Dan; He, Jun; Tang, Yu Ting.
Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) -. ed. / Faith Ka Chan; Hing Kai Chan; Tiantian Zhang; Ming Xu. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 77-92 (Environmental Science and Engineering).

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Wang D, He J, Tang YT. Assessing the Transition of Municipal Solid Waste Management Using Combined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. In Chan FK, Chan HK, Zhang T, Xu M, editors, Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Urbanisation in the BRI Era (icRS Urbanisation 2020) -. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2020. p. 77-92. (Environmental Science and Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-9605-6_6

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