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Impacts of Newspaper Life Cycle: Recycling, Incineration, and Landfill Management Options

This study explores the life cycle impacts of newspapers through various waste management strategies: recycling, incineration, and landfill. Conducted by Helena Dahlbo at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), it utilizes a life cycle approach to assess sustainability within the LCA-WASTE project (2001-2004). Funded by Tekes and the Academy of Finland, the research gathers data from multiple sources, including the KCL-ECO and VTT databases. The findings highlight that despite methodological differences, key waste recovery and treatment alternatives yield similar results, emphasizing the critical role of the energy system in recovery options.

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Impacts of Newspaper Life Cycle: Recycling, Incineration, and Landfill Management Options

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  1. Recycle, burn or landfill - impacts of the life cycle of newspaper with different waste management optionsHelena Dahlbo Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) • Life cycle approach to the sustainability of waste management - a case study on newspaper, LCA-WASTE project, an ongoing research (2001–2004) • Implementation: • Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) • University of Helsinki • Funding • Tekes (National Technology Agency, financier): Technology programme STREAMS – Recycling Technologies and Waste Management • Academy of Finland: Research programme SUNARE – Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Helena Dahlbo

  2. Data: KCL-ECO Database Waste management options Data: UPM-Kymmene Kaipola mill Data: VTT LIPASTODatabase 1 Data: Printing house 2a 2b Data: YTV Waste Management + pilot studies 3a 3b X = collection rate Data: Stockholm incinerator, ORWARE model Data: Waste collectors, VTT LIPASTO Database Data: Paper collectors, Paperinkeräys Oy Forestry Newsprint manufacturing Printing Consumption Discarded newspapers X % (100 - X)% Mixed waste Separately collected paper Helena Dahlbo Processing of separately collected paper Mechanical-biological pretreatment of mixed waste Landfill Material recycling into newsprint manufacturing Incineration with energy recovery Gasification and co-combustion of recycled fuel (REF)

  3. Lessons learned • The different LCIA methods used (DAIA-SYKE, Eco-indicator 99, EPS 2000) give very similar results on waste recovery and treatment alternatives despite differences in their: • approach and structure, • amount of interventions, • weighting methods, and • normalisation factors • The energy system plays a significant role when studying energy recovery options depending on: • what fuel waste would actually replace • where the produced energy could be utilised • Impacts from the use of forest and wood: • a complicated issue • needs further processing in the project Helena Dahlbo

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