Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems – Part I: Lessons learned and perspectives

The continuously increasing solid waste generation worldwide calls for management strategies that integrate concerns for environmental sustainability. By quantifying environmental impacts of systems, life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool, which can contribute to answer that call. But how, where and to which extent has it been applied to solid waste management systems (SWMSs) until now, and which lessons can be learnt from the findings of these LCA applications? To address these questions, we performed a critical review of 222 published LCA studies of SWMS. We first analysed the geographic distribution and found that the published studies have primarily been concentrated in Europe with little application in developing countries. In terms of technological coverage, they have largely overlooked application of LCA to waste prevention activities and to relevant waste types apart from household waste, e.g. construction and demolition waste. Waste management practitioners are thus encouraged to abridge these gaps in future applications of LCA. In addition to this contextual analysis, we also evaluated the findings of selected studies of good quality and found that there is little agreement in the conclusions among them. The strong dependence of each SWMS on local conditions, such as waste composition or energy system, prevents a meaningful generalisation of the LCA results as we find it in the waste hierarchy. We therefore recommend stakeholders in solid waste management to regard LCA as a tool, which, by its ability of capturing the local specific conditions in the modelling of environmental impacts and benefits of a SWMS, allows identifying critical problems and proposing improvement options adapted to the local specificities.     

PAH deposition to snow surface

The urban snowpack effectively acts as a collection device for atmospheric-deposited PAHs. When these PAHs are flushed out in a short time interval along with springtime snowmelt, these cause shockloading to receiving waters. In order to assess the PAH deposition and accumulation in urban snowpacks, a deposition survey of PAH for the winter months of 1991-92 from the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada was undertaken. The results of the survey are interpreted in view of prevailing meteorology and various emission sources in the study area. The relative PAH deposition levels (to BaP) are compared with relative source emission fingerprints to examine consistency in sampling and analysis. While analyzing the PAH samples using the ASTM (1987) method, the problem of concentration levels being below the detection level was encountered. The ASTM method for PAH analysis was modified to enhance the detection limit of the PAHs by concentrating the PAH extract to very low volumes, on the order of 200-300 microL.     

《医疗废物消毒处理设施运行管理技术规范》 (HJ1284-2023) 解读及实施建议

为促进相关单位准确理解《医疗废物消毒处理设施运行管理技术规范》 (HJ 1284-2023) 各条款,推动医疗废物集中处置行业全面执行环境管理技术要求,结合行业典型工艺路线、特征污染物排放和环境污染防治措施现状,对新发布的技术规范进行了解读。技术规范的实施将进一步完善我国现行医疗废物环境管理体系,更好的推进我国医疗废物处理处置行业合理发展。     

基于RS的崇明东滩空间动态变化研究

崇明岛东滩因其特殊的自然条件及频繁的人类活动影响，土地利用空间格局变化速度较快。通过对1988—2002年6幅不同时相TM遥感影像解译，对崇明东滩土地利用进行分类，得到东滩15年间的土地利用空间变化图；再利用GIS技术，从数量和空间分布上对其土地利用动态变化过程进行定量计算，结果显示东滩土地总面积不断增加，土地利用方式逐年变化。东部岸线明显向东扩展。同时结合考虑自然因素和人为因素影响，探讨了崇明东滩空间动态变化的原因。为更加合理的开发利用东滩提供了有力的参考，也表明了RS与GIS技术相结合对于研究东滩空间格局演变有一定的应用价值。     

《制药工业大气污染物排放标准》(GB 37823—2019)解读

简述了我国制药工业概况和行业挥发性有机物(VOCs)排放现状,解读了生态环境部和国家市场监督管理总局联合发布的《制药工业大气污染物排放标准》(GB 37823—2019),介绍了该标准的分类控制思路、控制重点、污染物控制指标设置、排放限值确定以及无组织控制要求等内容与特点。该标准从全过程控制的角度构建了适用于制药工业的VOCs控制指标体系,对完善制药工业污染物排放管理体系、补齐VOCs污染防治短板、打赢蓝天保卫战具有重要的支撑作用。     

基于多项植被指数的景观生态类型遥感解译与分类——以额济纳天然绿洲景观为例

基于研究区2001年Landsat7ETM+遥感影像数据,运用遥感与GIS技术手段,在对遥感影像的边界裁定、几何校正、辐射校正等预处理的基础之上,根据绿洲景观生态类型分类体系,通过综合应用非监督分类、植被指数与波段比值指数聚类、监督分类以及类型叠加与图像整合等方法,进行绿洲景观生态类型的遥感解译与分类,生成研究区2001年的景观生态类型图。为尽可能利用到遥感影像的所有原始数据信息,论文选取5种植被指数(NDV I、DV I、RV I、IPV I、SA VI)和9种波段比值指数(Index1I-ndex9)参与到遥感影像的解译与分类当中,结果表明:NDV I、DV I、IPV I、SAV I、R VI、Index5、Index6具有较大的相似性,能够明显地将具有植被信息的类别分离出来,利于划分具有植被信息的景观类型;Index1-Index4具有较好的类别空间分离性,利于不同类别间的聚类与区分;而Index7-Index9的类别分离性则较差,不利于类别聚类与划分。因此,在实际的应用中,选取多项植被指数参与景观分类,不仅能够发现新的信息,而且也会明显提高景观生态类型、尤其是干旱区绿洲景观生态类型的遥感解译与分类能力。     

北运河京津冀段河道浮游微生物群落多样性变化分析

再生水在缓解城市水资源短缺方面发挥重要作用,但再生水中痕量污染物质与病原体对受纳水体中浮游微生物群落产生影响.基于OTUs和门水平的片段数量和片段丰度的浮游微生物数据矩阵探究北运河京津冀河道微生物群落多样性空间变化机制,结果表明,再生水的频繁汇入引起的物理和化学扰动改变了水体的水文和水质,使浮游微生物群落沿地理尺度分为...     

Location and Characterization of Emission Sources for Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds Inside a Refinery in Taiwan

This study aimed to locate VOC emission sources and characterized their emitted VOCs. To avoid interferences from vehicle exhaust, all sampling sites were positioned inside the refinery. Samples, taken with canisters, were analyzed by GC–MS according to TO-14 method. The survey period extended from Febrary 2004 to December 2004, sampling twice per season. To interpret a large number of VOC data was a rather difficult task. This study featured using ordinary application software, Excel and Surfer, instead of expensive one like GIS, to overcome it. Consolidating data into a database on Excel facilitated retrieval, statistical analysis and presentation in the form of either table or graph. The cross analysis of the data suggested that the abundant VOCs were alkanes, alkenes, aromatics and cyclic HCs. Emission sources were located by mapping the concentration distribution of these four types of VOCs in terms of contour maps on Surfer. During eight surveys, five emission sources were located and their VOCs were characterized.     

自导式解说系统设计要素研究--以邓小平故居景区为例

以邓小平故居自导式解说系统的实际设计、制作为例,重点研究了自导式解说系统在设计中应当把握的四大要素,并对这四大设计要素在设计过程中的相互关系进行了理论研究和实例分析,指出这四大要素是旅游区设计出高水平、高质量的自导式解说系统的关键核心，从而使自导式解说系统成为提升旅游区整体形象的重要组成部分.