Life Cycle Assessment to Support Waste Management Strategies in a Circular Economy Context
Lineker Max Goulart Coelho, Rafaella de de Souza Henriques
In this chapter, applications involving LCA applied to waste management in the light of circular economy are provided. Firstly, an overview of practices and methods normally used in LCA studies in WM context is presented. After, perspectives for future works and applications involving circular economy and waste management focusing on life cycle thinking are discussed. Moreover, areas of research in this topic in which further development is required are highlighted. Finally, a practical application is performed, and results from a case study of LCA used to support WM strategies for a Brazilian city are presented.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4230-2_87
Cite this entry as: Goulart Coelho L.M., de Souza Henriques R. (2022) Life Cycle Assessment to Support Waste Management Strategies in a Circular Economy Context. In: Baskar C., Ramakrishna S., Baskar S., Sharma R., Chinnappan A., Sehrawat R. (eds) Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4230-2_87
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