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The Life Cycle Assessment of the integrated municipal waste Management of "Monte di Procida (Naples - Italy)"

The purpose of this study is the environmental analysis of the municipal waste management in the commune of Monte di Procida(Napoli,Italy).

This work has been done in collaboration with ENEA(National Research Institute for Energy and Enviroment), Commune of Monte di Procida and some waste management companies in Monte di Procida. To accomplish this study, the LCA(Life Cycle Assessment) methodology was employed.

The LCA revealed to be very efficient ,because it allows considering all the phases involved in the waste management, from the waste collecting to the final treatment.

LCA enables a comparison between different scenarios of the integrated management and an evaluation of the best strategy for the organisation of collecting, recycling and landfilling of waste.

The goal is the analysis of the environmental profile of the waste management done in the Commune of Monte di Procida.

The part of the life cycle of the product used by the citizenship of Monte di Procida, Which has been analysed in the work,  start from their collecting and proceeds until the end of their life (recycling landfill).

On the basis of the analysis results, the main conclusion that can be put in evedence are: the biggest impact is caused by the landfill's emission and the differentiated collection is very useful and advantageous for the enviroment.