Integrated Solid Waste Management
A Life Cycle Inventory

Forbes R. McDougall (Author), Peter R. White (Author), Marina Franke (Author), Peter Hindle (Author)

9780632058891, Wiley

Hardback, published 15 May 2001

544 pages
24.1 x 16.3 x 3.4 cm, 1.134 kg

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.

Introduction
Section 1: Integrated Waste Management and Life Cycle Asssessment
Integrated waste management
The development of integrated waste management systems: case studies and their analysis
Life cycle assessment
A life cycle inventory of solid waste
Life cycle inventory case studies
The overall picture
Section 2: Solid Waste Management Systems
Solid waste generation and composition
Waste collection
Central sorting
Biological treatment
Thermal treatment
Landfilling
Materials recycling
Section 3: IWM-2 - A User's Guide
WM-2: a life cycle inventory model for integrated waste management
Waste inputs
Waste collection
MRF and RDF sorting
Biological treatment
Thermal treatment
Landfilling
Materials recycling
Advanced settings
Waste flow button
Streams button
Scenario comparisons
What parameters have changed?

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]