Based on LCC principles and terminology, this paper aims at
providing a consistent and comprehensive framework for the economic
assessment of waste management systems. This is achieved
by (1) developing systematic cost models for all main activities
related to waste management (for example source segregation, collection,
treatment and final disposal) based on transparent technical
parameters associated with the involved technologies, (2)
implementing the cost model framework on two selected case
study examples illustrating the management of household waste
and (3) on this basis, evaluating applicability and identifying critical
methodological aspects related to LCC on waste management
systems.