Topic: solid waste

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Management Strategies with a Zero Waste Objective

The study focuses specifically on the life cycle environmental impacts associated with the Base Case and Zero Waste scenarios defined within. It does not take into consideration economic or social impacts associated with various waste management methods or strategies.

Life cycle analysis as applied to solid waste management systems is a technique for assessing cradle-to-grave environmental impacts associated with production, use, and discard of products and materials in society. The methodology used in this study takes into consideration a broad range of environmental impact factors.

These have been consolidated under three major categories:

  • Climate Change
  • Human Health
  • Ecosystem Toxicity

Develop with Care 2014: Environmental Guidelines for Urban and Rural Land Development in British Columbia

Develop with Care 2014: Environmental Guidelines for Urban and Rural Land Development in British Columbia has been prepared for use by local governments, the development community, landowners and environmental organizations as a comprehensive guide to maintaining environmental values during the development of urban and rural lands. The guide sets out the program priorities of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, the Ministry of Environment, and other provincial and federal agencies, promoting ways to retain and create environmental function and resilience as communities grow.

The guide features:

  • information on ‘green’ alternatives to standard urban development practices
  • riparian protection
  • climate change
  • waste management
  • the protection of Environmentally Valuable Resources
  • a Terms of Reference for conducting biological inventories
  • checklists for streamlining review processes
  • species and land use based Fact Sheets