Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Life Cycle Inventory, Second Edition

The first edition described the concept of Integrated Waste Management (IWM), and the use of Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) to provide a way to assess the environmental and economic performance of solid waste systems. Actual examples of IWM systems and published accounts of LCI models for solid waste are now appearing in the literature. To draw out the lessons learned from these experiences a significant part of this 2nd edition focuses on case studies - both of IWM systems, and of where LCI has been used to assess such systems. The 2nd edition also includes updated chapters on waste generation, waste collection, central sorting, biological treatment, thermal treatment, landfill and materials recycling.This 2nd edition also provides a more user-friendly model (IWM-2) for waste managers. To make it more widely accessible, this edition provides the new tool in Windows format, with greatly improved input and output features, and the ability to compare different scenarios. A detailed user's guide is provided, to take the reader through the use of the IWM-2 model, step by step. IWM-2 is designed to be an "entry level" LCI model for solid waste - user-friendly and appropriate to users starting to apply life cycle thinking to waste systems - while more expert users will also find many of the advanced features of the IWM-2 model helpful. IWM-2 is delivered on CD inside the book.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–13): Chapter 2 Integrated Waste Management (pages 15–31): Chapter 3 The Development of Integrated Waste Management Systems: Case Studies and their Analysis (pages 33–83): Chapter 4 Life Cycle Assessment (pages 85–102): Chapter 5 A Life Cycle Inventory of Solid Waste (pages 103–127): Chapter 6 LCI Case Studies (pages 129–164): Chapter 7 The Overall Picture (pages 165–168): Chapter 8 Solid Waste Generation and Composition (pages 169–191): Chapter 9 Waste Collection (pages 193–226): Chapter 10 Central Sorting (pages 227–240): Chapter 11 Biological Treatment (pages 241–271): Chapter 12 Thermal Treatment (pages 273–396): Chapter 13 Landfilling (pages 297–309): Chapter 14 Materials Recycling (pages 311–324): Chapter 15 IWM?2: A Life Cycle Inventory Model for Integrated Waste Management (pages 325–332): Chapter 16 Waste Inputs (pages 333–338): Chapter 17 Waste Collection (pages 339–356): Chapter 18 MRF and RDF Sorting (pages 357–370): Chapter 19 Biological Treatment (pages 371–391): Chapter 20 Thermal Treatment (pages 393–410): Chapter 21 Landfilling (pages 411–430): Chapter 22 Materials Recycling (pages 431–456): Chapter 23 Advanced Variables (pages 457–470): Chapter 24 Waste System Flow (pages 471–472): Chapter 25 Streams Button (pages 473–474): Chapter 26 Results Button (pages 475–480): Chapter 27 Scenario Comparisons (pages 481–488): Chapter 28 What Parameters have Changed? (pages 489–490):