Life Cycle Assessment of Medical Waste Management: Case Study for Istanbul

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dc.authoridÖz Yaşar, Çiğdem / 0000-0003-4428-4538
dc.contributor.authorÇetin, Ender
dc.contributor.authorEsenlikci Yıldız, İlknur Aysel
dc.contributor.authorÖz Yaşar, Çiğdem
dc.contributor.authorYulistyorini, Anie
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T02:57:24Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T02:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.descriptionThis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.description.abstractThe amount of medical waste is anticipated to increase significantly with population growth. Ineffective medical waste management has resulted in adverse impacts on environmental and human health. Therefore, this study aimed to develop the current medical waste management strategy in Istanbul. GaBi Education version 7.3 was used to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) to compare the current medical waste management system (baseline scenario) with alternative scenarios including different proportions of waste disposal methods from an environmental perspective. Global warming, acidification, eutrophication, ozone layer depletion, freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity, and human toxicity were selected as the environmental impact categories found in CML 2001 within GaBi software. Scenarios with a higher proportion of incineration had more negative environmental impact, whereas the scenario incorporating waste segregation/minimization contributed to reducing the environmental impact. Therefore, Scenario 4 (waste segregation at the generation points/waste minimization + incineration + steam sterilization + landfill) presented the best environmental performance with the lowest total environmental impact value of 14.21% among all scenarios and was recommended as the most sustainable alternative for medical waste management in İstanbul.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/app15084439
dc.identifier.issn2076-3417
dc.identifier.issue8
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105003718220
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/app15084439
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30049
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001474737100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Sciences-Basel
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250529
dc.subjecthealthcare waste
dc.subjectmedical waste disposal technologies
dc.subjectenvironmental impact
dc.subjectGaBi Education
dc.subjectİstanbul
dc.titleLife Cycle Assessment of Medical Waste Management: Case Study for Istanbul
dc.typeArticle

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