The incidence of the human labour (HL) on the impact associated to the whole waste collection was evaluated by exploiting data of an existing collection company. Emissions associated to all the equipment used for the collection, with a source segregation intensity of about 50%, were compared to those arising from the materials, fuels, energy used by workers for their working activities. Main results showed that HL can affect the global impact up to > 40%. Higher impact associate to HL compared to the collection equipment was detected for the fresh water ecotoxicity. Among the different activities associated to waste collection the ones contributing to a larger extent to the global impact were represented by the emissions from waste collection vehicles and from single use LDPE liners. Private transports resulted the one playing a main role in the determination of the impact of HL
Incidence of Human Labour in Waste Collection: A full scale life cycle analysis
Francesco Di Maria
;Federico Sisani
2018
Abstract
The incidence of the human labour (HL) on the impact associated to the whole waste collection was evaluated by exploiting data of an existing collection company. Emissions associated to all the equipment used for the collection, with a source segregation intensity of about 50%, were compared to those arising from the materials, fuels, energy used by workers for their working activities. Main results showed that HL can affect the global impact up to > 40%. Higher impact associate to HL compared to the collection equipment was detected for the fresh water ecotoxicity. Among the different activities associated to waste collection the ones contributing to a larger extent to the global impact were represented by the emissions from waste collection vehicles and from single use LDPE liners. Private transports resulted the one playing a main role in the determination of the impact of HLI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
