Assessment and Analysis of Waste Treatment and Environmental Management, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

Due to its potentially large impact on the environment, the waste management sector is an important element of the environmental management system. Properly selected and conducted waste treatment processes should bring economic benefits at reasonable ecological costs and should be socially acceptable. Depending on the waste treatment technologies, various methods can be used for their evaluation, including e.g. material flow analysis, life cycle assessment, energetic and exergetic assessment, as well as methods used directly in the environmental impact assessment. There may exist also certain market conditions that make recycling or recovery of some waste unprofitable. That can lead to waste of materials and energy or create serious environmental problems as well as it can cause failure of some components of the waste management system. As an example is excessive and improper storage of troublesome waste leading to self-ignition, or even arson, open burning, burning in domestic furnaces or waste disposal in illegal landfills.

This special issue is devoted to the assessment and analysis of various waste treatment methods and entire waste management systems with a particular focus on the environmental impacts.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Waste management system and environmental management;
• Optimization of operation of waste treatment facilities;
• Control method for waste treatment installation;
• Assessment of cumulative energy demand in waste processing;
• Waste recycling and recovery technologies;
• Raw materials processing;
• Waste-to-energy treatment technologies;
• Production and use of waste-derived fuels;
• Waste co-processing technologies and their benefits;
• Self-ignition of landfills, fires or open burning of waste;
• Pollutant emission factors and environmental risk assessment;
• Environmental impact or life cycle assessment for waste treatment processes and systems;
• Environmental pollution caused by waste management facilities;
• Environmental pollution caused by improper waste management.

Dr. Robert Oleniacz
Dr. Katarzyna Grzesik
Guest Editors

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