EASEWASTE-life cycle modeling capabilities for waste management technologies

The management of municipal solid waste and the associated environmental impacts are the subject of growing attention in industrialized countries. EU has recently strongly emphasized the role of LCA in its waste and resource strategies. The development of sustainable solid waste management systems applying a life-cycle perspective requires readily understandable tools for modeling the life-cycle impacts of waste management systems. The paper aims to demonstrate the structure, functionalities, and LCA modeling capabilities of the PC-based life cycle-oriented waste management model EASEWASTE, developed at the Technical University of Denmark specifically to meet the needs of the waste system developers to evaluate the environmental performance of the various elements of existing or proposed solid waste management systems.