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Life-cycle assessment of the municipal solid waste management system in Hangzhou, China (EASEWASTE)

Yan Zhao,Hong-tao Wang,2 Authors,T. H. Christensen

2009 · DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09103823
Waste Management Research · 77 Citations

TLDR

EASEWASTE, a life-cycle-based model, was used to evaluate the waste system of Hangzhou city in China and showed that CH4 released from landfilling was the primary pollutant contributing to global warming and HCl and NH3 from incineration contributed most to acidification.