Sustainability evaluation of the use of cargo-trams for mixed municipal waste transport in Prague

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.053" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.053</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.053" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.053</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Sustainability evaluation of the use of cargo-trams for mixed municipal waste transport in Prague

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The use of trams for the transport of waste from urban areas to waste incineration facilities – does it make sense, would it be technically feasible, economically sustainable and environmentally beneficial? These are the questions which we attempted to answer in this comprehensive study. The analysis is performed for a specific potential implementation of this system in Prague and adjacent municipalities. In this work, we compare the current state, where mixed municipal waste is transported to an incineration plant directly by garbage trucks, with variants if mixed municipal waste were taken to transfer stations and from there transported over a longer distance in a large volume by means of tram or truck. Our results show that use of trams results in an overall cost level of 16.41 per ton of waste transported, which represents a slight saving against the existing system at a cost of 17.19 per ton. From the purely economic perspective, however, this does not compete with transportation by truck at 12.28 per ton – above all due to high initial investment into new cargo trams. From the environmental viewpoint, deploying trams brings benefits largely on the local level, where emissions would be reduced by about 50% against the current state. In the global view, assessed through the Life Cycle Assessment method, it appears however only to transfer emissions to the point of energy production, and from this perspective the use of trams is beneficial only if linked with a notable shift from fossil fuel energy to nuclear or renewable sources.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Sustainability evaluation of the use of cargo-trams for mixed municipal waste transport in Prague

Popis výsledku anglicky

The use of trams for the transport of waste from urban areas to waste incineration facilities – does it make sense, would it be technically feasible, economically sustainable and environmentally beneficial? These are the questions which we attempted to answer in this comprehensive study. The analysis is performed for a specific potential implementation of this system in Prague and adjacent municipalities. In this work, we compare the current state, where mixed municipal waste is transported to an incineration plant directly by garbage trucks, with variants if mixed municipal waste were taken to transfer stations and from there transported over a longer distance in a large volume by means of tram or truck. Our results show that use of trams results in an overall cost level of 16.41 per ton of waste transported, which represents a slight saving against the existing system at a cost of 17.19 per ton. From the purely economic perspective, however, this does not compete with transportation by truck at 12.28 per ton – above all due to high initial investment into new cargo trams. From the environmental viewpoint, deploying trams brings benefits largely on the local level, where emissions would be reduced by about 50% against the current state. In the global view, assessed through the Life Cycle Assessment method, it appears however only to transfer emissions to the point of energy production, and from this perspective the use of trams is beneficial only if linked with a notable shift from fossil fuel energy to nuclear or renewable sources.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50203 - Industrial relations

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Waste Management

ISSN

0956-053X

e-ISSN

1879-2456

Svazek periodika

126

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

May

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

97-105

Kód UT WoS článku

000655586100010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85102785073