Environmental impact assessment of composites containing recycled plastics

Rajendran, Saravanan; Scelsi, Lino; Hodzic, A.; Soutis, Constantinos; Al-Maadeed, Somaya

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.11.006

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“…On the other hand, the direct competition between flax fibre and glass fibre triggered a series of studies to compare the environmental impact between two types of fibres, and derived FRPs [6][7][8][9][10][11]. These studies adopted the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach to calculate the quantitative information on environmental impact.…”

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Flax Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite from a Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

Deng

Tian

2015

Sustainability

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Abstract:The study implements the consequential life cycle assessment (CLCA) to provide a market based perspective on how overall environmental impact will change when shifting glass fibres to flax fibres as reinforcements in composite fabrication. With certain assumptions, the marginal flax fibre supply is identified to be a combination of Chinese flax fibre (70%) and French flax fibre (30%). Due to inferior cultivars and coal-fired electricity in Chinese flax cultivation, the CLCA study reveals that flax mat-PP has 0.8-2 times higher environmental impact values than the glass mat-PP in most environmental impact categories over the production and end-of-life (EoL) phases. For purpose of providing potential trajectories of marginal flax fibre supply, additional scenarios: the "all French fibre", and "all Chinese fibre" are evaluated formulating the lower and upper boundaries in terms of environmental impact change, respectively. A "the attributional fibre supply mix" scenario is supplied as well. All of these scenarios are useful for policy analysis.

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Flax Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite from a Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

Deng

Tian

2015

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“…This fact comes from the increasing demand of consumers for products of high quality and with a long shelf life . Consideration has also been given to reducing the use of disposable packaging that is not biodegradable and improving the system of recyclable packaging …”

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Development and application starch films: PBAT with additives for evaluating the shelf life of Tommy Atkins mango in the fresh‐cut state

Leal

Rosa

Penha

et al. 2019

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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In this study, formulations of cassava starch and poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) flexible films were developed, with glycerol, coconut nanocellulose, annatto, and citric acid in different concentrations, as well as the effectiveness of the selected materials in fresh-cut mangoes storage was evaluated. The tensile strength of the different formulations varied from 1.90 (E4) to 6.65 MPa (E3c), and the strain varied from 206.31 (E1c) to 278.41% (E8); this variation was dependent on the percentage of the polymer matrix incorporated. The a w values of the formulations ranged from 0.396 (E2) to 0.569 (E3c). The Formulations E4 and E7 (with additives) presented good properties and were selected to condition mangoes. The micrographs of these films showed regions of micropores that can facilitate the diffusion of water from the packaged product to the surface, allowing decreases in moisture and a w , which is associated with higher color maintenance during fruit storage. E7 presented better barrier properties than E4 (lower values of WVP and water solubility) which may have influenced in a positive way to maintain the stability of the package in the studied period. E7 can be considered as a viable alternative for minimally processed mango storage.

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“…Em contraponto ao cenário de crescente utilização de multi-materiais, grande parte da comunidade científica (NKWACHUKWU et al, 2013;RAJENDRAN, 2012;HOPEWELL et al, 2009;KOUSHAL et al, 2014;WORRELL;REUTER, 2014) considera a reciclagem como a melhor opção no gerenciamento dos resíduos poliméricos. Pinto (2012), na página 16, conceitua reciclagem como "todos os possíveis usos de um material, uma vez terminada a vida útil da aplicação pretendida para a peça ou material considerado".…”

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“…Cabe destacar ainda as diversas vantagens da reciclagem que, de acordo com Rajendran et al (2012), consistem na redução do consumo de energia e na diminuição da emissão de gás carbônico, já que a reciclagem evita o processo de extração de petróleo e de transformação do polímero (sendo a segunda uma etapa que consome em média 95% da energia total do processo). Além disso, a reciclagem promove a redução dos volumes enviados a aterro sanitário.…”

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Design, Materiais E Sustentabilidade: Micronização De Produto Multi-Material Visando Sua Reciclagem

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Environmental impact assessment of composites containing recycled plastics

Cited by 77 publications

References 16 publications

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Flax Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite from a Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Flax Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite from a Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

Development and application starch films: PBAT with additives for evaluating the shelf life of Tommy Atkins mango in the fresh‐cut state

Design, Materiais E Sustentabilidade: Micronização De Produto Multi-Material Visando Sua Reciclagem

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