The study described in this report targets total systems for treating waste and shows a method for performing a comprehensive qualitative evaluation of a total system from initial waste generation to final waste treatment over its life cycle. In this report, "waste" as an object of treatment excludes raw sewage and industrial waste. The items evaluated are the environment loads (CO_2, NO_X, and SO_X discharges associated with each of the processes of waste generation, collection, transport, intermediate treatment, and final treatment), and amounts of waste recycled and waste disposed as landfill, and the costs.
