Applying Life Cycle Tools and Process Engineering to Determine the Most Adequate Treatment Process Conditions. A Tool in Environmental Policy (12 pp)

Romero-Hernandez, Omar

doi:10.1065/lca2004.09.180.11

Cited by 14 publications

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“…LCA is used to determine environmental impacts of processes (Romero 1998;Romero-Hernandez 2004;Romero-Hernandez 2005) or products (Norris 2003). The complex interaction between a product and the environment along its life cycle can be studied with this tool.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental implications and market analysis of soft drink packaging systems in Mexico. A waste management approach

Romero-Hernandez

Hernández

Muñoz

et al. 2008

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Background, aim, and scope This paper presents a waste management analysis of the packaging systems for soft drinks in Mexico, with emphasis on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers. The work presented is part of a project sponsored by a consortium of Mexican industries that participate in the PET market, such as resin producers, bottle manufacturers, soft drinks producers, distributors, and plastic recyclers. Two different life cycle assessments (LCAs) were elaborated to provide insight on waste management scenarios and waste products comparisons, respectively. The first LCA was a description of the actual PET market and PET waste treatment in Mexico. On the second LCA, three systems were analyzed: PET bottles, aluminum cans, and glass bottles. Currently, these results are used in Mexico as a basis for environmental policy. Materials and methods PET bottle's participation in the market has increased substantially in the previous years, and it is forecasted that this increase rate will continue. Due to this factor, there are some concerns about the environmental implications of PET usage. In order to analyze the waste management of PET bottles in Mexico, an LCA and a series of sensitivity analyses were conducted in order to understand: (1) the effect of different collecting distances in environmental impacts, (2) the effect of different recycling rates in environmental impacts, (3) the effect of different collecting rates in environmental impacts, and (4) the effect of different collecting rates with its associated distances in the environmental impacts.

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Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

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Environmental implications and market analysis of soft drink packaging systems in Mexico. A waste management approach

Romero-Hernandez

Hernández

Muñoz

et al. 2008

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…A wide range of environmental models exists to analyse the environmental impact of industrial activities, as well as the possibilities to reduce this impact (Castillo and Mora, 2000;Choi et al, 1997;Gäbel et al, 2004;Romero-Hernandez, 2005). However, the existing analytical tools do not typically take a company perspective in defining and evaluating pollution reduction strategies (Finnveden and Moberg, 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Strategies to reduce the environmental impact of an aluminium pressure die casting plant: A scenario analysis

Neto

Kroeze

Hordijk

et al. 2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…For example, biofiltration,8 photocatalysis,9 and activated carbon adsorption and advanced oxidation10 have been evaluated on a life cycle basis as waste‐water treatment options. Activated carbon as a ground‐water treatment option has also been studied using LCA 11. Similar technologies for waste gas treatment have also been addressed, including an LCA‐based comparison of biofilters, activated carbon, catalytic incineration, and thermal oxidation for the chemical industry 12.…”

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Design‐based life cycle assessment of hazardous air pollutant control options at pulp and paper mills: a comparison of thermal oxidation to photocatalytic oxidation and biofiltration

Babbitt

Stokke²,

Mazyck

et al. 2008

J of Chemical Tech & Biotech

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BACKGROUND: The forest products industry produces valuable industrial chemicals, wood products, and consumer goods, but is also responsible for the emission of significant quantities of hazardous air pollutants. Although many air pollution control options are available, little is known about the overall environmental impacts of implementing each option. Therefore, a life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to compare energy and raw material inputs, air emissions, and environmental impacts associated with construction and operation of two air pollution control systems: regenerative thermal oxidation (RTO) with wet scrubbing and photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) with biofiltration.

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Applying Life Cycle Tools and Process Engineering to Determine the Most Adequate Treatment Process Conditions. A Tool in Environmental Policy (12 pp)

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

Environmental implications and market analysis of soft drink packaging systems in Mexico. A waste management approach

Environmental implications and market analysis of soft drink packaging systems in Mexico. A waste management approach

Strategies to reduce the environmental impact of an aluminium pressure die casting plant: A scenario analysis

Design‐based life cycle assessment of hazardous air pollutant control options at pulp and paper mills: a comparison of thermal oxidation to photocatalytic oxidation and biofiltration

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