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18384954

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
The advisability of using incineration, among the other technologies in Municipal Solid Waste Management, is still a debated issue. However, technological evolution in the field of waste incineration plants has strongly decreased their environmental impacts in the last years. A description of a regional situation in Northern Italy (Emilia Romagna Region) is here presented, to assess the impacts of incinerators by the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and to stress the most impacting steps in incineration process. The management of solid residues and heavy metal emission resulted the most important environmental concerns. Furthermore, a tentative comparison with the environmental impact of landfill disposal, for the same amount of waste, pointed out that incineration process must be considered environmentally preferable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0304-3894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
159
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
505-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Environmental impacts of waste incineration in a regional system (Emilia Romagna, Italy) evaluated from a life cycle perspective.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali - Università di Bologna, viale Risorgimento 4, 40146 Bologna, Italy. luciano.morselli@unibo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't