Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Erzurum City

Abstract

Waste amount has increased and solid waste management has become an important environmental issue with the increase in population and the change in social living conditions. Therefore, solid waste management is important in terms of controlling environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method that measures the environmental impact of products or systems throughout their life cycle. Working with a cradle-to-grave approach, LCA starts from raw material supply and continues with
production, transportation, consumption and waste generation. Evaluation of products and services throughout their life cycles provides an opportunity to evaluate the environmental impacts of the decisions. The aim of this study is to develop a LCA framework that enables a sustainable solid waste management system for Erzurum city. Thus, it can be developed a road map to reduce environmental pressure caused by solid waste. The solid waste LCA system, which will be implemented for a determined process, consists of the four elements as system boundaries, waste characterization, waste facilities, and environmental impacts.