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Question 1

Waste management hierarchy according to the EU framework directive 2008/98/EG: ?? (5)

Answer 1

1. Prevention
2. Preparing for reuse
3. Recycling
4. Other recovery, e.g. energy recovery through waste incineration
5. Disposal

Question 2

What are the arguments for waste incineration (Müllverbrennung) in the context of sustainable thinking?

Pros: ?? (3)

Answer 2

Pros:

Generation of electricity and district heating bysubstitues of fossil fuels

Increased resource productivity through the recovery of metal
(-> this production of secondary raw materials is often less energy-intensive and produces fewer emissions than the extraction of primary raw materials)

Recovery of non-recyclable waste with high pollution loads that would otherwise be dumped on landfills

Question 3

What are the arguments against waste incineration (Müllverbrennung) in the context of sustainable thinking?

Cons: ?? (3)

Answer 3

Generation of greenhous gas emissions as a result of the incineration process

Can be at the expense of material recovery (recycling) and undermine the idea of a circular economy
(-> Conflict with the waste management hierarchy, *)

Orientation towards the idea of waste disposal
(-> the aim should be to shape consumer behaviour in such a way that less waste is produced)

(*Example: In Germany incineration capacities increasingly exceed the volume of waste, which lowers the price of waste disposal. As a result, the attractiveness of material recycling is decreasing)

Question 4

Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in Germany -> slide 4

Technical Design of a Waste Incineration Plant for the Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste -> slide 5 (bzw. sum)

Answer 4

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Question 5

Life Cycle Assessment framework

Name the steps/phases of an LCA. (4)

Answer 5

1. Goal and scope definition
2. Inventory analysis
3. Impact assessment
4. Interpretation

Question 6

Aufgabe zu Inventory Analysis durchführen!

Answer 6

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