A study on development of policy decision-making model for wide area management of waste plastic disposal and recycling

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23710061
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: University of Shizuoka
• Principal Investigator: TOSHIKI Kosuke 静岡県立大学, 食品栄養科学部, 助教 (00542424)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ごみ処理広域化 / 地理情報システム / 政策決定支援 / 環境影響 / エネルギー回収

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I developed a policy decision-making model using Geographical Information System (GIS) for fostering the discussion of wide area municipal solid waste management. First of all, data of municipal solid waste at town level was stored into a GIS database. Next, scenarios on waste management area were constructed. Using the GIS database, various items such as the mileage distance of garbage trucks and the amount of combustible waste in each incineration facility were calculated. Finally, environmental impacts (such as CO2 emissions), energy balances, and economic efficiency were evaluated. This is the result that the values of quantitative evaluation and the merit and demerit of wide area municipal solid waste management can be grasped in each area of Japan by collecting the data of GIS and municipal solid waste.

Free Research Field

廃棄物処理・リサイクル計画