Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review.

Ding, A; Zhang, R; Ngo, HH; He, X; Ma, J; Nan, J; Li, G

Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review.

Ding, A Zhang, R Ngo, HH He, X Ma, J Nan, J Li, G

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Citation:: The Science of the total environment, 2021, 769, pp. 144451
Issue Date:: 2021-05

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dc.contributor.author	Ding, A
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, R
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH
dc.contributor.author	He, X
dc.contributor.author	Ma, J
dc.contributor.author	Nan, J
dc.contributor.author	Li, G
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-07T04:56:06Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-06
dc.date.available	2021-12-07T04:56:06Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05
dc.identifier.citation	The Science of the total environment, 2021, 769, pp. 144451
dc.identifier.issn	0048-9697
dc.identifier.issn	1879-1026
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/152177
dc.description.abstract	With the acceleration of urbanization, the production of urban sludge is increasing rapidly. To minimize resource input and waste output, it is crucial to execute analyses of environmental impact and assessments of sustainability on different technical strategies involving sludge disposal based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is a great potential mean of environmental management adopted internationally in the 21st century. This review aims to compare the environmental sustainability of existing sludge management schemes with a purpose of nutrient recovery and energy saving, respectively, and also to include the substitution benefits of alternative sludge products. Simultaneously, LCA research regarding the emerging sludge management technologies and sludge recycling (cement, adsorbent, bricks) is analyzed. Additionally, the key aspects of the LCA process are worth noting in the context of the current limitations reviewed here. It is worth emphasizing that no technical remediation method can reduce all environmental damage simultaneously, and these schemes are typically more applicable to the assumed local conditions. Future LCA research should pay more attention to the toxic effects of different sludge treatment methods, evaluate the technical ways of adding pretreatment technology to the 'front end' of the sludge treatment process, and further explore how to markedly reduce environmental damage in order to maximize energy and nutrient recovery from the LCA perspective.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	The Science of the total environment
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144451
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	769
utslib.location.activity	Netherlands
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-12-07T04:56:05Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	769

Abstract:

With the acceleration of urbanization, the production of urban sludge is increasing rapidly. To minimize resource input and waste output, it is crucial to execute analyses of environmental impact and assessments of sustainability on different technical strategies involving sludge disposal based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is a great potential mean of environmental management adopted internationally in the 21st century. This review aims to compare the environmental sustainability of existing sludge management schemes with a purpose of nutrient recovery and energy saving, respectively, and also to include the substitution benefits of alternative sludge products. Simultaneously, LCA research regarding the emerging sludge management technologies and sludge recycling (cement, adsorbent, bricks) is analyzed. Additionally, the key aspects of the LCA process are worth noting in the context of the current limitations reviewed here. It is worth emphasizing that no technical remediation method can reduce all environmental damage simultaneously, and these schemes are typically more applicable to the assumed local conditions. Future LCA research should pay more attention to the toxic effects of different sludge treatment methods, evaluate the technical ways of adding pretreatment technology to the 'front end' of the sludge treatment process, and further explore how to markedly reduce environmental damage in order to maximize energy and nutrient recovery from the LCA perspective.

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