Title
Collection System's Impact on Environmental Performance of the Waste Management System
Conference Dates
June 5 – 10, 2022
Abstract
A law proposed by the Norwegian Environmental Agency requires municipalities to obtain a separation rate of 70% of food waste and plastic waste from households within 2035. The separation rate of waste seems to be affected by the collection system. For example, separation rates for plastic packaging waste spans from 17 to 58%. Average higher separation rates are obtained in municipalities with plastic sorting in separate container or large transparent bag compared with sorting in colored bags and an optical bag sorting system.
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Recommended Citation
Kari-Anne Lyng and Pieter Callewaert, "Collection System's Impact on Environmental Performance of the Waste Management System" in "WasteLCA_3: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment For Waste Management And Resource Optimization", Umberto Arena, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy; Thomas Astrup, University of Denmark, Denmark Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2022). https://dc.engconfintl.org/lca_waste_3/73