This work addresses the complex issue of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) management, by focusing on the scenario of six municipalities comprised in the Reggio Emilia province of Emilia Romagna Italian region. Particularly, the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was applied in order to assess in a quantitative and reliable manner the human toxicity as well as the ecotoxicity impacts associated with all of the different phases of ACMs management. The latter comprises mapping of ACMs, creation of a risk map for defining priority of intervention, encapsulation and removal of ACMs, as well as the as obtained asbestos containing waste (ACW) end of life. Particularly, a thermal inertisation treatment performed in a continuous industrial furnace was considered as the innovative end of life scenario to be compared with what actually was provided by the legislation of many countries worldwide, that is, the disposal of ACW in a controlled landfill for hazardous wastes. A characterization factor for asbestos fibers released both in outdoor air and in occupational setting was proposed for the first time and included in the USEtox 2.0 impact assessment method. This allowed us to reliably and quantitatively highlight that inertisation treatments should be the preferred solutions to be adopted by local and national authorities, especially if the obtained inert material finds application as secondary raw materials, thus contributing to a decrease in the environmental damage (limited to its toxicological contributions) to be associated with asbestos management.

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含石棉材料的管理：包括首次石棉表征因子建议在内的不同场景的详细 LCA 比较

这项工作通过关注位于意大利艾米利亚罗马涅大区雷焦艾米利亚省的六个城市的情景，解决了含石棉材料 (ACM) 管理的复杂问题。特别是，生命周期评估 (LCA) 方法的应用是为了以定量和可靠的方式评估与 ACM 管理的所有不同阶段相关的人类毒性和生态毒性影响。后者包括 ACM 的映射、创建用于定义干预优先级的风险图、ACM 的封装和移除，以及所获得的含石棉废物 (ACW) 寿命终止。特别，在连续工业炉中进行的热惰性化处理被认为是一种创新的报废方案，可与世界上许多国家的立法实际提供的方案进行比较，即在受控的危险废物填埋场处置 ACW。首次提出了室外空气和职业环境中释放的石棉纤维的特征因子，并将其包含在 USEtox 2.0 影响评估方法中。这使我们能够可靠和定量地强调惰性化处理应该是地方和国家当局采用的首选解决方案，特别是如果获得的惰性材料可用作二级原材料，