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Eco-Innovations in Sustainable Waste Management Strategies for Smart Cities

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With waste management strategies constrained by strict laws and ecological requirements, new holistic approaches have attracted great interest. The main focus is now on converting organic wastes into renewable energy sources or “biosoils”. Biological waste disposal alternatives have a huge environmental potential, coming as a substitute for expensive, hazardous methods, such as landfillling or incineration. Their possible impact on the environment can be assessed from the ecological, economical and sociological point of view using decision-making tools, e.g., Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which seek to identify the best practices for a sustainable development of smart cities.

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This work was supported by the Polish-Norwegian Research Programme operated by the National Centre for Research and Development under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009–2014 in the frame of Project Contract No (POL NOR/201734/76).

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Rorat, A., Kacprzak, M. (2017). Eco-Innovations in Sustainable Waste Management Strategies for Smart Cities. In: Brdulak, A., Brdulak, H. (eds) Happy City - How to Plan and Create the Best Livable Area for the People. EcoProduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49899-7_13

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