Application of Life Cycle Assessment in the Environmental Study of Sustainable Ceramic Bricks Made with ‘alperujo’ (Olive Pomace)

López-García, Ana B.; Cotes-Palomino, Teresa; Uceda-Rodríguez, Manuel; Moreno-Maroto, José Manuel; Cobo-Ceacero, Carlos Javier; Andreola, Nora Maria; Martínez-García, Carmen

doi:10.3390/app11052278

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“…The findings revealed that this technology achieved a 35.74% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a 14.83% reduction in mineral resource consumption compared to traditional ceramic tiles. LópezGarcí a A et al [8] conducted an LCA-based comparative analysis between traditional ceramic tiles and tiles with 3%, 7%, and 10% olive residue additions. The results demonstrated that the incorporation of olive residue led to a reduction of over 8% in ecological toxicity, human toxicity, and eutrophication potential at the raw material stage compared to traditional ceramic tiles.…”

Section: Raw Materials Substitution Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress in Green and Low-carbon Technologies development of Building Ceramics Industry

Liu,

Zheng

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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As global and domestic concerns about climate change intensify, the development and adoption of green and low-carbon manufacturing technologies to effectively reduce resource consumption, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions have emerged as primary trends in the evolution of the building ceramics industry under the backdrop of the “dual carbon” strategy. This article systematically reviews the commercially applied and research-stage green and low-carbon technologies within the current building ceramics industry. It conducts a carbon emission reduction potential analysis for various technologies, identifies constraints in the technology promotion process, and highlights the substantial carbon reduction potential of clean energy substitution technologies and manufacturing process optimization technologies. Technologies such as raw material substitution, high-quality service, and waste ceramic tile recycling and regeneration contribute significantly to economic and environmental benefits, but are still in developmental stages. The article also discusses the application of methods such as life cycle assessment and carbon footprint analysis in the evaluation of green and low-carbon technologies in the field of building ceramics. It discusses the trends and limiting factors of different green and low-carbon technologies, offering suggestions and support for the building ceramics industry’s transition towards a low-carbon and environmentally friendly direction.

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Progress in Green and Low-carbon Technologies development of Building Ceramics Industry

Liu,

Zheng

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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“…The possible incorporation of olive pomace into clay bodies for developing ecofriendly ceramic materials has been positively assessed [75,80], although results from a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) indicate that associated environmental benefits are very limited [77]. Biomass bottom ash deriving from the combustion of olive cake or olive pomace together with almond shell can act as alkaline activator to develop chamotte-based geopolymers as substitutes for ceramic bricks [81].…”

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Available Pathways for Operationalizing Circular Economy into the Olive Oil Supply Chain: Mapping Evidence from a Scoping Literature Review

et al. 2021

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Circular economy (CE) is increasingly seen as a promising paradigm for transitioning agri-food systems towards more sustainable models of production and consumption, enabling virtuous and regenerative biological metabolisms based on strategies of eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness. This contribution seeks to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for operationalizing the CE principles into the olive oil supply chain, that plays a central role in the agroecological systems of the Mediterranean region. A scoping literature review has been conducted in order to identify the available pathways so far explored by scholars for reshaping the olive oil supply chain from a circular perspective. The analyzed literature has been charted on the base of the circular pathway examined, and according to the supply chain subsystem(s) to which it refers. Results are discussed highlighting the main issues, the technology readiness level of the available pathways, the prevailing approaches and knowledge gaps. A synthetic evidence map is provided, framing visually the scrutinized pathways into the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE ‘butterfly’ graph. The work is intended to be a valuable baseline for inquiring how circularity can be advanced in the specific supply chain of olive oil, and which are the strategic opportunities, as well as the barriers to overcome, in order to foster the transition.

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“…The aim of this study is to demonstrate the environmental benefit that can be achieved through the recycling of waste into construction materials using an objective tool, LCA. Although LCA is increasingly being used to analyze the life cycle of construction materials [40][41][42], there are few articles published to date that carry out a comparative study as presented in this work [43,44].…”

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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Lightweight Aggregates Made from Waste—Applying the Circular Economy

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The application of Life Cycle Assessment in the construction sector can be a very useful tool to reduce the environmental impact generated by the sector. In order to quantify the improvement in environmental terms with the use of artificial lightweight aggregates (LWA) manufactured with waste, in this work, we conducted a comparative evaluation of the life cycle of LWAs for a total of five different scenarios: LWAs obtained in a traditional way, i.e., using exclusively clay in their manufacture (Spanish blond clay, Portuguese red clay and Portuguese blond clay), and LWAs manufactured with four different wastes, with a partial substitution of 2.5% for each of the clays per waste (almond and hazelnut shells, sludge from the purification of paper money, cork dust and coffee grounds). The functional unit was set as the production of 1 kilo of lightweight aggregates and the CML 2000 methodology and the SimaPro software were used. The results obtained in this research allow us to conclude that the addition of organic wastes showed a slightly higher environmental performance than the conventional system, the ALAs manufactured with almond and hazelnut shells being the most environmentally friendly option, with reductions of more than 30% in some cases, followed by the LWAs manufactured with coffee grounds. On the other hand, the addition of paper sewage sludge and cork dust represents minimal environmental optimization.

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Application of Life Cycle Assessment in the Environmental Study of Sustainable Ceramic Bricks Made with ‘alperujo’ (Olive Pomace)

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

Progress in Green and Low-carbon Technologies development of Building Ceramics Industry

Progress in Green and Low-carbon Technologies development of Building Ceramics Industry

Available Pathways for Operationalizing Circular Economy into the Olive Oil Supply Chain: Mapping Evidence from a Scoping Literature Review

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Lightweight Aggregates Made from Waste—Applying the Circular Economy

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