Abstract
With the explosion of the global population, the production of solid waste and wastewater is also explosively increasing, which has brought tremendous pressure on the environment and needs to be solved urgently. As an effective method to assess production efficiency and overall environmental impact of products, a life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in enterprises to optimize production and management structures as well as government policy formulation. A large amount of research has also been conducted on the LCA of wastewater and solid waste treatment technology, which not only involves the study of kinds of solid waste and wastewater treatments, but also includes the analysis of drug inventory and plants to form a more comprehensive and complete LCA research. This chapter aims to investigate the application of LCA in solid waste and wastewater treatment, to check on the nature of issues arising at different periods during the management and underlying quantitative and qualitative environmental assessments. This study systematically and critically reviews the requirements behind the operation with the life cycle view and available treatment methodologies including mechanical and thermal, as well as biological technologies including composting, anaerobic digestion, and landfilling. This critical study will surely help the readers to better understand the role of LCA in the integrated solid waste and wastewater management. The involvement of LCA in the integrated system of waste management planning provides a clear-cut view of the environmental disparities caused during the life cycle of solid waste and wastewater management technologies.
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