TY - GEN
T1 - Eutrophication impact potential of solid waste management options in harare
AU - Nhubu, T.
AU - Mbohwa, C.
AU - Muzenda, E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Six municipal solid waste management options (A1–A6) in Harare were developed and analyzed for their eutrophication impact potentials under the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. All the options started with waste collection and transportation to a centralized waste treatment centre where a combination of various municipal solid waste management and treatment methods were considered under the different options. Results show that landfilling and material recovery for reuse and recyle are the only MSW management processes that contributes to negative eutrophication potential giving options that had landfilling (A1, A4 and A6) an overall edge. The doubling of recycling rate under A5 and increasing it to atleast 25% under A6 result in below zero eutrophication impact potentials. Results reveal that anaerobic digestion and incineration contribute to increased eutrophication potential under all the options they were considered hence need for further assessments considering other impact categories to determine the most sustainable option.
AB - Six municipal solid waste management options (A1–A6) in Harare were developed and analyzed for their eutrophication impact potentials under the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. All the options started with waste collection and transportation to a centralized waste treatment centre where a combination of various municipal solid waste management and treatment methods were considered under the different options. Results show that landfilling and material recovery for reuse and recyle are the only MSW management processes that contributes to negative eutrophication potential giving options that had landfilling (A1, A4 and A6) an overall edge. The doubling of recycling rate under A5 and increasing it to atleast 25% under A6 result in below zero eutrophication impact potentials. Results reveal that anaerobic digestion and incineration contribute to increased eutrophication potential under all the options they were considered hence need for further assessments considering other impact categories to determine the most sustainable option.
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U2 - 10.1201/9780429289798-57
DO - 10.1201/9780429289798-57
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85079659408
SN - 9780367257774
T3 - Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III - Selected papers from the 5th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019
SP - 360
EP - 366
BT - Wastes
A2 - Vilarinho, Cândida
A2 - Castro, Fernando
A2 - Gonçalves, Margarida
A2 - Fernando, Ana Luísa
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - 5th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019
Y2 - 4 September 2019 through 6 September 2019
ER -
