Sustainability of the pneumatic waste collection system in a dense urban area

Henna Punkkinen; Nea Teerioja; Katja Moliis; Elina Merta; Johannes Jermakka; Eveliina Kuvaja

Sustainability of the pneumatic waste collection system in a dense urban area

Henna Punkkinen
, Nea Teerioja
, Katja Moliis
, Elina Merta
, Johannes Jermakka
, Eveliina Kuvaja

University of Helsinki

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Abstract

The environmental loads and costs of a hypothetical pneumatic waste collection system modelled for a dense urban area in Helsinki, Finland, are calculated and the results are compared to those of the prevailing container based, vehicle operated waste collection system. Methods for evaluation are life cycle inventory (LCI) and social life cycle costing (SLCC). The results indicate that replacing the prevailing system with stationary pneumatic waste collection in existing urban infrastructure generates more air emissions and increases costs of waste collection significantly. Locally, in the waste collection area, emissions nonetheless diminish, since collection traffic reduces. In the environmental analysis electricity consumption and the origin of energy have a significant effect on the results, but decisive are the emissions from manufacturing the system components. In the economic analysis, investments likewise determine the results. Speculations on population density and land use, however, are of importance, when economic viability is discussed

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sardinia 2011: proceedings of the thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium
Subtitle of host publication	executive summaries
Place of Publication	Cagliari
Publisher	Cisa Publisher
Pages	991-992
ISBN (Print)	978-88-6265-000-7
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Sardinia 2011, XIII International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium - Sardinia, Italy Duration: 3 Oct 2011 → 7 Oct 2011

Conference

Conference	Sardinia 2011, XIII International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Sardinia
Period	3/10/11 → 7/10/11

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Stationary pneumatic waste collection
life cycle inventory (LCI)
social life cycle costing (SLCC)

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Punkkinen, H, Teerioja, N, Moliis, K, Merta, E, Jermakka, J & Kuvaja, E 2011, Sustainability of the pneumatic waste collection system in a dense urban area. in Sardinia 2011: proceedings of the thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium: executive summaries. Cisa Publisher, Cagliari, pp. 991-992, Sardinia 2011, XIII International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, 3/10/11.

Sustainability of the pneumatic waste collection system in a dense urban area. / Punkkinen, Henna; Teerioja, Nea; Moliis, Katja et al.
Sardinia 2011: proceedings of the thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium: executive summaries. Cagliari: Cisa Publisher, 2011. p. 991-992.

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