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Environmental and economic assessment of household food waste source-separation efficiency in a German case study

Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.5086
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2023
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Angouria-Tsorochidou, Elisavet  
Walk, Steffen  orcid-logo
Körner, Ina 
Thomsen, Marianne  
Institut
Abwasserwirtschaft und Gewässerschutz B-2  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.5086
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/15232
Journal
Cleaner Waste Systems  
Volume
5
Article Number
100092
Citation
Cleaner Waste Systems 5: 100092 (2023)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.clwas.2023.100092
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85169012092
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer Reviewed
true
Biowaste management has a large potential for supporting closed-loop resource and nutrient management. The exploitation of this potential, however, is affected by upstream determinants, such as the consumers’ behavior (separation efficiency), which influence the quantity and quality of biowaste intended for valorization. The goal of this study is to determine the effect of these upstream determinants on the environmental and the economic performance of biowaste management, upon implementation of an improved socio-technical collection infrastructure. Interventions were performed in two areas (A and B) in a Northern German city. The methodologies used for the environmental and the economic evaluation are the life cycle assessment and the net present value analysis, respectively. The functional unit of 1 kt of waste (biowaste and residual waste) generated at households was used. Three scenarios are assessed for each area and reflect the before (Ab, Bb), during (Ad, Bd), and after (Aa, Ba) phases of these interventions. The average global warming mitigation potential for Ab and Bb was − 8, for Ad and Bd was − 56, and for Aa and Ba was − 22 kg CO2 eq·kt−1 biowaste. The economic assessment showed that the improved collection system is economically beneficial due to the larger amount of valuable products and lower overall treatment costs. The results suggest that improved sorting can influence the environmental and economic performance of the studied system and both study areas present environmental impact mitigation during the monitoring period. However, our results suggest sustained awareness-raising activities in order to maintain a high efficiency in household waste sorting.
Subjects
Biowaste source-separation
Circular resource flows
Circular bioeconomy
Life cycle assessment
Net present value
Anaerobic digestion
DDC Class
570: Biowissenschaften, Biologie
600: Technik
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
Funding(s)
Ein dezentrales Abfallmanagementsystem für die innovative Verwertung von städtischem Bioabfall  
Funding Organisations
European Union  
More Funding Information
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 689229.
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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