LCA Modelling for the Development of a Simplified Assessment Tool for Food Waste Valorisation and Disposal© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (11/2018)
Food waste is an increasing concern in Europe. Each step in the food supply chain generates side-flows that can be valorised and recycled (e.g. processed to animal feed, producing methane gas in anaerobic digestion) or disposed (e.g. landfilled, discarded to land). These side-flows can have positive or negative economic value, depending on market demand.
Effective Odour Control with the CSO TerminodourTM System© Wasteconsult International (5/2017)
Unpleasant odours are again and again controversial subject in the discussion with local residents at certain sites (often waste treatment and biogas plants). But also employees are not always happy with the situation at such plants. Terminodou r
TM can help here.
Challenges for an accurate characterization of waste© Wasteconsult International (5/2017)
Currently, Brazil is generating an amount of 80 million tons per year of municipal solid waste, from which 42% are still deposited on illegal dumps and 58% on sanitary landfills.
A method for forecasting waste quantities© Wasteconsult International (5/2017)
We present a method for forecasting annual waste quantities. The method is based on calculating material specific annual growth rates from trend analyses of time series.