<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the work, the life-cycle assessment approach is applied to the planning of waste management development in a seaside region (Piejūra) using the Waste Management Planning System (WAMPS) program. In Latvia, the measures to be taken for the climate change mitigation are of utmost importance - especially as related to the WM performance, since a disposal of biodegradable waste presents the primary source of GHG emissions. To reduce the amount of such waste is therefore one of the most significant goals in the State WM plan for 2013-2020, whose adoption is the greatest challenge for municipalities. The authors analyse seven models which involve widely employed biomass processing methods, are based on experimental data and intended for minimising the direct disposal of organic mass at the solid waste landfills. The numerical results obtained evidence that the thermal or biotechnological treatment of organic waste substantially reduces the negative environmental impact of WM practices - by up to 6% as compared with the currently existing.</p></abstract>

In the work, the life-cycle assessment approach is applied to the planning of waste management development in a seaside region (Piejūra) using the Waste Management Planning System (WAMPS) program. In Latvia, the measures to be taken for the climate change mitigation are of utmost importance - especially as related to the WM performance, since a disposal of biodegradable waste presents the primary source of GHG emissions. To reduce the amount of such waste is therefore one of the most significant goals in the State WM plan for 2013-2020, whose adoption is the greatest challenge for municipalities. The authors analyse seven models which involve widely employed biomass processing methods, are based on experimental data and intended for minimising the direct disposal of organic mass at the solid waste landfills. The numerical results obtained evidence that the thermal or biotechnological treatment of organic waste substantially reduces the negative environmental impact of WM practices - by up to 6% as compared with the currently existing.

LATVIAN WASTE MANAGEMENT MODELLING IN VIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REDUCTION / LATVIJAS ATKRITUMU SAIMNIECĪBAS ATTĪSTĪBA UN TĀS RADĪTĀS IETEKMES UZ VIDI SAMAZINĀŠANAS MODELĒŠANA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

In the work, the life-cycle assessment approach is applied to the planning of waste management development in a seaside region (Piejūra) using the Waste...

LATVIAN WASTE MANAGEMENT MODELLING IN VIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REDUCTION / LATVIJAS ATKRITUMU SAIMNIECĪBAS ATTĪSTĪBA UN TĀS RADĪTĀS IETEKMES UZ VIDI SAMAZINĀŠANAS MODELĒŠANA

Published Online: Jan 29, 2014

Page range: 36 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2013-0039

Keywords
waste management, life cycle assessment, environmental impact, Piejūra region

This content is open access.

LATVIAN WASTE MANAGEMENT MODELLING IN VIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REDUCTION / LATVIJAS ATKRITUMU SAIMNIECĪBAS ATTĪSTĪBA UN TĀS RADĪTĀS IETEKMES UZ VIDI SAMAZINĀŠANAS MODELĒŠANA

Published Online: Jan 29, 2014

Page range: 36 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2013-0039

Keywordswaste management, life cycle assessment, environmental impact, Piejūra region

This content is open access.

Keywords
waste management, life cycle assessment, environmental impact, Piejūra region