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    Application of the IWM-PL Model for the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Municipal Waste Management in Krakow. Part 2
    (2013) Grzesik, Katarzyna
    The goal of this study is the quantification of the environmental impacts from the municipal waste management system in Krakow, state in 2010, and the identification of processes that significantly affect the environmental performance, applying the IWM-PL model, first Polish language application for LCA of waste management systems. In the first part of the study, in the paper entitled Application of IWM-PL Model for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Municipal Waste Management in Krakow. Part 1 the detailed life cycle inventory of the municipal waste management system in Krakow was shown. The life cycle inventory results are input for the next phase of life cycle assessment (LCA), that is the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). This paper presents and discusses the results of the third (life cycle impact assessment) and fourth (interpretation) phase of LCA for the municipal waste management system in Krakow. The final result of the evaluation of the municipal waste management system in Krakow is expressed in ecopoints (Pt) in two damage categories: human health and ecosystem quality. For human health, the environmental impact of waste management system is negative and amounts 16,726.26 Pt, which is comparable to the annual environmental load of 16 average European inhabitants. While for ecosystem quality the environmental impact is positive (value below zero), and equals -7,422.14 Pt. The results obtained with the application of the IWM-PL model, shown in this paper, need to be verified in further research, employing other models for LCA, developed for evaluating waste management systems.