All the modelling was performed in the 2012 version of the EASEWASTE LCA-tool (Kirkeby et al., 2006). EASEWASTE is a prod¬uct developed by the Technical University of Denmark and is de¬signed for waste management LCA. It uses the EDIP method as the default mid-point impact assessment method (Wenzel et al., 1997). Characterisation values were updated in 2004. The impact categories calculated with EDIP are resource depletion, human tox¬icity via water, air and soil, ecotoxicity in soil and water, strato¬spheric ozone depletion, acidification, photochemical ozone formation, and nutrient enrichment. The normalisation values can be found in Laurent et al. (2011). For global warming the IPCC, 2007 characterisation factors were used (IPCC, 2007). To calculate the environmental impact from the waste system we used a func¬tional unit consisting of the treatment of one tonne of household waste.