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This chapter discusses the needs of society: less waste, and then an effective way to manage the inevitable waste still produced. Such a waste management system needs to be both environmentally and economically sustainable and is likely to be integrated, market-oriented, flexible and operated on a regional scale. The current hierarchy of waste management options is critically discussed, and in its place is suggested a holistic approach that assesses the overall environmental impacts and economic costs of the whole system. Lifecycle techniques are introduced for comparing the overall environmental impacts and economic costs.
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White, P., Franke, M., Hindle, P. (1995). Integrated waste management. In: Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Lifecycle Inventory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6705-5_2
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