New waste prognostic and waste management system assessment tools: examples of implementation for municipalities in the countries with rapid growing economies

Gintaras  Denafas; Ingrida  Rimaityte; Viktoras  Racys; Iwona  Mackow; Wojciech  Gornikowski; Ryszard  Szpadt; Marta  Sebastijan; Konstantinia  Tsilemou; Demetrios  Panagiotakopoulos; Katarina  Jankowicova; Oskar  Cermak; Francese  Giralt; Josepa  Garreta; Sandra  Colom; Elena Sune; Eva Ma  Garcia

doi:10.15626/Eco-Tech.2005.043

Authors

Gintaras Denafas Kaunas University o/Technology, Lithuania
Ingrida Rimaityte Kaunas University o/Technology, Lithuania
Viktoras Racys Kaunas University o/Technology, Lithuania
Iwona Mackow Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Wojciech Gornikowski Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Ryszard Szpadt Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Marta Sebastijan Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Konstantinia Tsilemou Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Demetrios Panagiotakopoulos Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Katarina Jankowicova Slovak University of Technology, Slovaka
Oskar Cermak Slovak University of Technology, Slovaka
Francese Giralt University Rovira I Virgili, Spain
Josepa Garreta University Rovira I Virgili, Spain
Sandra Colom University Rovira I Virgili, Spain
Elena Sune University Rovira I Virgili, Spain
Eva Ma Garcia University Rovira I Virgili, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15626/Eco-Tech.2005.043

Keywords:

Life Cycle Assessment; Assessment tool; Municipal waste management; Waste treatment; Mechanical-biological pre-treatment; Waste incineration

Abstract

This paper compiles results of the research project 'The Use of Life Cycle Assessment Tools for the Development of Integrated Waste Management Strategies for Cities and Regions with Rapid Growing Economies', in short: LCA-IWM (for more: www.lca-iwm,net), The project, which runs from September 2002 until August 2005, is financially supported by the European Commission, It is part of the Fifth Framework Programme.Some municipal waste management scenarios for Kaunas (Lithuania), Wroclaw (Poland), Xanthi (Greece), Nitra (Slovakia) and Reus (Spain) was created and assessed to compare impact on environmental, economical and social sustainability, The chosen waste management scenarios can be understood like stepped evolution of waste management system, i.e, the next scenarios is an extension of previous scenario, The first scenarios for every city correspond to the situation in the current waste management systems, the next scenarios include not only landfilling, but also increased rates of separate collection, mechanical-biological pre-treatment and incineration.

At the Conclusion the best Scenarios regarding environmental and economical sustainability is pointed.