TOPWASTE - The optimal treatment of waste

TOPWASTE addresses the challenges of planning robust solutions for future waste management. The purpose is to identify economic and environmentally optimal solutions - taking into account different scenarios for the development of the surrounding systems, such as the energy system. During the project, four decision support tools were developed: 1. Frida - The EPA's tool for forecasting future waste generation 2. OptiWaste - a new tool for economic optimisation of investments and operation of the combined waste and energy system 3. KISS - a new lifecycle based model with focus on comparison of greenhouse gas emissions associated with different waste management alternatives 4. A new tool for tecno-economic modelling of central sorting plants The project has furthermore contributed with method development on evaluation of critical resources as well as analyses of economic and organisational factors with influence on the future waste management.