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Song Y, Pan S, Jin Y, O'Connor D, Nathanail P, Bardos P, Kang Y, Zuo X, Zhang H, Hou D. Comparative life-cycle sustainability assessment of centralized and decentralized remediation strategies at the city level. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 919:170908. [PMID: 38350574 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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Remediation of contaminated soil at industrial sites has become a challenge and an opportunity for sustainable urban land use, considering the substantial secondary impacts resulting from remediation activities. The design of soil remediation strategies for multi-site remediation from a regional perspective is of great significance for cities with a large number of brownfields. Centralized and decentralized facilities have been studied in different environmental fields, yet limited research has focused on centralized soil remediation, specifically the treatment of contaminated soil from different sites through the construction of shared soil treatment facilities. This study proposes a framework for comparing centralized and decentralized strategies for contaminated soil remediation based on the integration of life-cycle sustainability assessment and multi-objective optimization. With Zhuzhou, an industrial city in China, serving as an example, results show that after optimization, the centralized scenario can reduce total environmental impacts by 25 %-41 %. In addition, the centralized scenario can reduce economic costs by 27 %-39 %, saving up to 176 million USD. The advantages of the centralized soil remediation strategy include: (1) increased use of soil washing, (2) reduced use of off-site disposal, and (3) reduced construction and efficient utilization of soil treatment facilities. In conclusion, the centralized strategy is relatively suitable for cities or areas with a large number of medium or small-sized contaminated sites. The built framework can quantitatively evaluate multiple sites soil remediation at both the city and individual site level, allowing for a straightforward and objective comparison with the optimal remediation design.
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- Yinan Song
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; CNPC Research Institute of Safety & Environment Technology, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- School of Real Estate and Land Management, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester GL7 1RS, United Kingdom
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- Land Quality Management Ltd, Nottingham NG7 2TU, United Kingdom
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- r3 Environmental Technology Ltd, RG6 6AT Reading, United Kingdom
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- Hunan Zhongsen Environmental Technologies Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou 412004, China
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- China Communications Third Navigation Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200032, China
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- China Communications Third Navigation Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Sandoval-Reyes M, He R, Semeano R, Ferrão P. Mathematical optimization of waste management systems: Methodological review and perspectives for application. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 174:630-645. [PMID: 38159502 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The transition to a circular economy through sustainable waste management (WM) follows different paths in each region, depending on its socioeconomic conditions and existing infrastructure. Mathematical optimization models are rigorous tools for informing local decision-making and identifying WM policy levers based on a variety of configurations. This review explores the pathways taken when designing WM optimization models (WM-OMs) that establish a network of waste valorization technologies. To standardize the literature review process, we propose a novel characterization method for examining, relating, and benchmarking the features of WM-OMs. After a thorough review of 58 articles published between 2015 and 2022, we assembled a comprehensive database to document the characteristics of these papers and the type of data reported in their case studies. We aim to provide a solid foundation for streamlining and enhancing future WM-OMs. Our work identifies various opportunities to improve the accuracy and reliability of WM-OMs. They include modeling thermo-chemical reactions in WM processes; considering regulatory, environmental, and political constraints; recognizing the informal sector; exploring the impact of marketing mechanisms on waste prevention and recycling; improving the traceability of case study data; specifying the rationale for uncertainty analysis (UA); and indicating the mathematical model (type, optimization algorithm, and equations). As many WM-OM authors have implemented UA without justifying their method choices, our review provides a pioneering guide for selecting the UA approach. Finally, we discuss the need for a trade-off between performance and practicality as models become more complex, making it critical to consider the specific needs of stakeholders.
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- Mexitli Sandoval-Reyes
- IN+/LARSyS, Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. António José de Almeida, n.° 12, 1000-043 Lisboa, Portugal; Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L., 64849, Mexico.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- IN+/LARSyS, Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- IN+/LARSyS, Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Meng X, Ding N, Lu B, Yang J. Integrated evaluation of the performance of phosphogypsum recycling technologies in China. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 171:599-609. [PMID: 37826900 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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The Chinese government is implementing policies, such as the "Guidance on comprehensive utilization of bulk solid waste for the 14th Five-Year Plan period", to stimulate phosphogypsum (PG) reduction and recycling. Thus, the comprehensive evaluation of PG recycling technologies for sustainable development is crucial. This study proposes a novel multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method that considers the criteria of resources, environment, economy, and society and risk attitudes of decision-makers and integrates game theory (GT) and utility theory for criteria weighting and ranking to assess industrial-scale PG recycling technologies in China. The results demonstrate that GT provides more reasonable criteria weights than individual weighting methods. PG-based lightweight plaster is the top performer in the resource and environmental dimensions owing to its exceptional resource and energy efficiency. PG utilized for dry-mix mortar and organic fertilizer production exhibited the best utility performance of 0.74 and 0.73, respectively. Measures, such as subsidies and product publicity, should be implemented to promote these technologies. However, technologies with poor performance, such as PG used for the co-production of sulfuric acid and fertilizer or cement, may require optimization or substitution for the sustainable recycling of PG. The proposed MCDA method is robust and can serve as a reliable decision-making tool for other waste-recycling technologies. However, caution must be exercised when determining risk attitude using the MCDA method as it may vary with the number of technologies and affect the final rankings.
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- Xianhao Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Soni A, Das PK, Kumar S. Application of q-rung orthopair fuzzy based SWARA-COPRAS model for municipal waste treatment technology selection. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:88111-88131. [PMID: 37434060 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28602-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Despite several methods available for the treatment of solid wastes, the management of municipal solid waste is still a crucial and complex process. The available methods for waste treatment range from advanced to conventional techniques. The identification of a proper method for municipal solid waste management involves several techno-eco and environmental considerations. To solve the real-world problems of municipal waste management, the research proposed an integrated q-rung orthopair fuzzy number-based stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis-complex proportional assessment (SWARA-COPRAS) mathematical model to rank the waste treatment techniques. The research aimed to develop a systematic approach for a suitable selection of waste treatment methods. Ten (10) different alternatives for waste treatments were ranked against seven (07) different techno-eco and environmental criteria. The ambiguity in the decision was handled by the q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers. The proposed integrated model has identified upcycling and recycling of waste having priority values of 100% and 99.9%, respectively, as the suitable practices for the successful management of generated solid wastes, whereas landfilling has obtained a minimum priority value of 66.782% and, therefore, is least preferable for waste management. The ranking of the alternatives followed the sequence as upcycling > recycling > pyrolysis > hydrolysis > biotechnological > core plasma pyrolysis > incineration > composting > gasification > landfilling. The comparison between the rankings of the proposed model with other techniques has revealed that the values of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient are in the range of 0.8545 to 0.9272; thereby, the robustness of the proposed model is verified. Sensitivity analysis for the criteria weight has showed that the ranking results are influenced significantly by the change in criteria weights and suggested that an accurate estimation of the criteria weight is decisive in determining the overall ranking of the alternative. The study has provided a framework for decision-making in the technology selection for solid waste management.
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- Ashish Soni
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala, Jirania, Tripura, 799046, India.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala, Jirania, Tripura, 799046, India
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- Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala, Agartala, Tripura, India
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Chen C, Wen Z. Cross-media transfer of nitrogen pollution in the fast-urbanized Greater Bay Area of China: Trends and essential control paths. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 326:116796. [PMID: 36435126 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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For urban agglomerations in the bay area, which concentrate multiple environmental elements and intense anthropogenic activities, comprehensive control of nitrogen pollution is particularly challenging due to diverse cross-media migration and transformation forms of nitrogen pollutants. Existing studies on urban nitrogen metabolism mainly focused on quantification of nitrogen flux, without systematic consideration of physiochemical changes of nitrogen between environmental media. This study conducted a dynamic simulation of nitrogen cross-media metabolism in urban agglomeration over 30 consecutive years, and recognized the types, quantities, and trends of cross-media transfer of nitrogen pollution as well as pollution control paths based on ecological network analysis and scenario analysis. Taking the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the case, results show that during its fast-urbanized stage in 1989-2018, more than 25% of the total nitrogen pollution emissions were transferred from other media. The higher degree of imbalance between the socioeconomic system and the soil in the nitrogen metabolic network emphasizes the increased pressure and necessity of pollution control of nitrogen in the solid state with urban development. Promoting fertilizer reduction and sludge land use are priority paths for collaborative control of cross-media nitrogen pollution. The study provides methods to systematically analyze the features of cross-media transfer of nitrogen pollution at the city level, and accordingly propose paths aiming at sustainable urban nitrogen management with multi-media integrity and synergy.
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- Chen Chen
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Dal Pozzo A, Abagnato S, Cozzani V. Assessment of cross-media effects deriving from the application of lower emission standards for acid pollutants in waste-to-energy plants. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:159159. [PMID: 36191699 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The recent release of the new European Commission reference document on the Best Available Techniques (BAT) for waste incineration has set ambitious targets for the control of the emission of pollutants. However, an improved performance of the existing flue gas treatment systems in waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities is usually associated to an increase of cross-media effects, i.e., additional indirect environmental impacts related to the increased consumption of reactants and to the increased generation of process residues/wastewater in flue gas treatment. The present study introduces an innovative approach to assess cross-media effects deriving from more stringent acid gas emission standards in the WtE sector. By coupling simplified process modelling and life cycle analysis, the proposed methodology links the higher removal efficiency required for flue gas treatment to the impacts related to the reactants supply and waste disposal chain. An application to the Italian WtE sector exemplifies the potential of the method. The results evidence that, in case of HCl emission setpoints lower than 1 mg/Nm3, the reduction of acidifying emissions at the WtE stacks can be offset by the increase of global warming and smog formation impacts in the supply chain of flue gas cleaning reactants. In case of setpoints lower than 0.5 mg/Nm3, even within the acidification category the increase of indirect impacts more than compensates the decrease of WtE emissions. The net environmental benefit is strongly affected by the type of acid gas removal technology adopted, with dry systems typically associated with a larger increase of cross-media burdens when required to perform at higher removal efficiencies.
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- Alessandro Dal Pozzo
- Laboratory of Industrial Safety and Environmental Sustainability, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Industrial Safety and Environmental Sustainability, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Industrial Safety and Environmental Sustainability, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy
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Al-Thani NA, Al-Ansari T, Haouari M. Integrated TOPSIS-COV approach for selecting a sustainable PET waste management technology: A case study in Qatar. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10274. [PMID: 36061036 PMCID: PMC9434055 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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