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This paper describes a case study where the evolution of MSW management
practices for three municipalities in Portugal were analyzed using the Life Cycle
Assessment technique. This evolution was mainly due to legislative pressures
that led to changes in MSW collection and treatment or disposal systems implemented
between 1990 and 2000. The municipalities participating in the study
were Porto, Maia and Gondomar, all part of LIPOR, the intermunicipal entity
responsible for the MSW management of 8 municipalities in the Porto region.
Environmental burdens from these two management scenarios were calculated based on an inventory model developed by White et al. (1995), using some on-site specific parameters related with the system's operation conditions.
Results show the advantage of the 2000 practices, both in terms of energy consumptio and emissions of gases with greenhouse effect.
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XARÁ, S. .. [et al.] -Evaluation of MSW management practices in Portugal using Life Cycle Assessment. In BOKU Waste Conference, 1st - Waste Management in the Focus of Controversial Interests, Viena, Austrália, 5 Abril, 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st BOKU Waste Conference (4. - 6. April 2005, Wien). Facultas, Wien, ISBN 3-85076-721-3; pp. 377 - 384
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BOKU University, Austrália