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Life cycle assessments for waste, part I: Overview, methodology and scoping process

Strategic EIA for the dutch national hazardous waste management plan 1997–2007

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Part I (from three parts) of the series “LCAs for Waste” describes the Dutch hazardous waste management structure, and the goal and scope definition step for a chain-oriented Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). For about 7 waste sectors, no change in existing policy was foreseen and Dutch legislation required no comparative assertion. For 7 others, a lack of inventory data or methodological problems did not allow for the performance of a meaningful quantitative LCA.

For the remaining 7 sectors, LCAs were performed to deal with 12 technology choices. They were based on primary data for the central processes, and literature data for background processes. A slightly adapted approach of the 1992 CML manual was used. System enlargement appeared to be slightly preferable as an allocation method.

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Tukker, A. Life cycle assessments for waste, part I: Overview, methodology and scoping process. Int J LCA 4, 275–281 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979180

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