Could Life Cycle Models Impact Big Change in the Solid Waste Management Industry?
A lifecycle model, adapted from a model that primarily researchers use to evaluate solid waste practices, is rolling out to the public. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a user-friendly version that’s free to local and state governments and others—even though lifecycle thinking challenges how the agency has encouraged them to manage their trash. Solid Waste Optimization Life-cycle Framework (SWOLF), which the public version is based on, looks at processes from waste collection, separation, landfilling, combustion, anaerobic digestion and composting. And it quantifies materials, energy consumption and emissions associated with these processes.
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