Life Cycle Assessment

Waste LCA exec. summary

by Tim Grant, Karli James and Hannes Partl
Written by Centre for Design and Nolan ITU for EcoRecycle Victoria
April 2003

Executive summary of "The life cycle assessment of waste and resource recovery options (including energy from waste)" that was conducted for EcoRecycle Victoria as part of their Strategy Plan. Fifteen scenarios were modelled for the following waste management options - recycling, landfill, aerobic stabilisation, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis/gasification and incineration. Modelled for the Victorian kerbside post-consumer waste in Australia.

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