An Italian case study of life cycle assessment for a drinking water dispenser
Vincenzo Bianco,
Furio Cascetta,
Sergio Nardini
et al.
Abstract:The goal of this article is the comparison of global warming potential, estimated according to IPCC 2013 methodology, between bottled water and a drinking water dispenser made of pine wood. The functional unit is 1 L of water. Two cases are considered: in the first case is considered 1 L of refrigerated water supplied by a water dispenser, in the second case, it is also considered how users come back home with their water. The global warming potential for bottled water packed in polyethylene terephthalate is t… Show more
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