Sustainable Waste-to-Energy

Life Cycle Assessment and Economical Metrics

Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Bahareh Hamidinasab

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443276156
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Energy

Sustainable Waste-to-Energy: Life Cycle Assessment and Economical Metrics is a comprehensive guide that provides an in-depth understanding of the various Waste-to-Energy technologies, their environmental and economic impacts, and the detailed protocols for conducting Life-Cycle Assessments, thorough economic assessments, and real-world case studies, making it a crucial tool for decision-making in the field of waste management and renewable energy.The book opens with a comprehensive overview of Waste-to-Energy technologies, their conversion methods, and future prospects. It then examines the integration of waste management and energy recovery in the circular economy, using case studies and SWOT analyses. The book further explores the life-cycle evaluation of energy production from waste conversion processes and the role of Life-Cycle Assessment in urban waste management. Case studies on Waste-to-Energy projects offer global perspectives on sustainability and decarbonization.This is an invaluable resource for academic and industry researchers, engineers, scientists, sustainability managers, policy advisors, and project leaders who are involved in the development, implementation, and refinement of Waste-to-Energy initiatives. - Offers detailed protocols for conducting Life-Cycle Assessments specific to Waste-to-Energy projects, providing a comprehensive framework - Discusses the financial aspects of Waste-to-Energy projects, presenting a thorough analysis including cost–benefit considerations, financial forecasting, and calculations of potential returns - Provides practical insights from the implementation of real-world Waste-to-Energy projects, covering a broad array of contexts and scales

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Sustainable Waste-to-Energy
• Woodhead Series in Bioenergy
• Sustainable Waste-to-Energy:Life Cycle Assessment and Economical Metrics
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• 1 - Energy recovery from waste (ERW): Present-day techniques and their future prospects
• 2 - Integrated waste management and energy recovery in the circular economy: An in-depth review, SWOT evaluation, and susta ...
• 3 - Life cycle evaluation of energy production from waste conversion processes
• 4 - Evaluation of life cycles applied to energy generation technologies from waste
• 5 - Utilization of life cycle analysis for decision making in urban waste management
• 6 - Environmental impact evaluation of thermal energy-from-waste processes and the development of an energy-environment-eco ...
• 7 - Technologies for converting waste to energy in pursuit of sustainability: Economic evaluation and life cycle analysis
• 8 - Real case studies on waste-to-energy: Global perspectives on sustainability and decarbonization
• Index
• Back Cover