Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-design Strategies for a Sustainable Production of Bio-based Plastics

Venkatachalam, Venkateshwaran; Spierling, Sebastian; Endres, Hans‐Josef; Siebert-Raths, Andrea

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_54

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“…Modern apparel often uses plastic fibers, especially for functional clothes. Hence, fibers stemming from bio-based plastics with lower carbon dioxide emissions could be used to substitute large amounts of fibers made from crude oil [10][11][12]. This leads to the question as to whether consumers intend to purchase bio-based functional apparel and what the possible drivers of consumer choice for bio-based functional apparel are.…”

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confidence: 99%

Indicators of Consumers’ Preferences for Bio-Based Apparel: A German Case Study with a Functional Rain Jacket Made of Bioplastic

2020

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Plastic pollution is an increasing global problem, however, replacing fossil resources with bioplastics made from renewable resources could be part of the solution. Currently, no research analyzing the influencing factors for consumers’ preferences for functional apparel made of bioplastic material could be found. To close this gap in research, we conducted this study with a sample of 1673 participants that were representative of the German population aged 16 years and above. We conducted a choice based conjoint analysis for a bio-based rain jacket and measured psychographic indicators that were used as covariates in the statistical estimation of participants’ preferences for the rain jacket. Our results show the high level of importance of prior product experience, Green Consumer Values and attitude towards bioplastic for selecting bio-based apparel, and thus give first insights related to the influence of psychographic characteristics of consumers when selecting bio-based apparel.

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Indicators of Consumers’ Preferences for Bio-Based Apparel: A German Case Study with a Functional Rain Jacket Made of Bioplastic

2020

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“…Reducing plastic waste can be done by reusing and repurposing (Changwichan & Gheewala, 2020;Barros et al, 2020), recycling, and composting (Jang, Lee, Kwon, Lim & Jeong, 2020; Changwichan & Gheewala, 2020; Wu & Montalvo, 2020). Reducing plastic waste can also be done by replacing plastics with degradable materials (Papong et al, 2014;Potting & van der Harst, 2015;Venkatachalam et al, 2018;Gautam et al, 2020;Changwichan & Gheewala, 2020;Korbelyiova et al, 2021). Previous studies that have been carried out to reduce environmental impacts have made significant contributions.…”

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Circular economy-based product substitution design rationale: A case of personal care product

Hartini

Prastawa

Tjahjono

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JIEM

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Purpose: This study describes an empirical study demonstrating the application of circular economy (CE) to respond to an urgent call to reduce plastic waste by utilizing waste from the furniture industry.Design/methodology/approach: this study employed the measurements of environmental impacts of plastic and wood-based toothbrushes using a life cycle assessment, complemented by an analysis of the wood substitution design process from a CE perspective.Findings: The findings from this study not only shed light on quantifying the benefits of product valorization improvement and retention but also provide a means of weighing the value against raw materials and production costs.Research limitations/implications: The developed model is still limited to the use of waste to replace existing product materials. This study also did not include other industrial waste such as agro-industrial waste or other degradable materials which may open up many chances for further studies.Practical implications: The study’s primary contribution is a design rationale that assists the substitution of plastic material with wood waste, using toothbrushes as a case example of the substituted products.Social implications: This newly developed material can give potential income sources for the communities.Originality/value: The novelty of this study lies to the substitution model of non-degradable materials to a more environmentally-friendly material which is studied thoroughly from functional analysis, design alternatives, and evaluation based on environmental, economic, and social aspects especially in case of personal care products (toothbrush).

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“…The authors described an approach for addressing the development of sustainable bio-plastic products since their early design phase [1]. The approach aims to integrate LCA considerations in the definition of eco-design strategies of a product, with the ambition to cover technical, economic, ergonomic, market, and environmental aspects along the entire production chain of a product system.…”

Section: Integrating Life Cycle Assessment (Lca) and Eco-design Stratmentioning

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Sustainability of Bio-based Products: Linking Life Cycle Thinking with Standards, Certification and Labelling Schemes

Cordella

Kaps

2018

Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies

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This session gathered contributions showing how Life Cycle Thinking can feed in the development of sustainability criteria, the certification and, ultimately, the policy making for bio-based products and processes. The session was composed of five presentations related to methodological approaches, case studies and real life examples, which were followed by a panel discussion. The addressed subjects covered the sustainability assessment of bio-based plastics, marine biotechnology processes, bio-based lubricants and forestry sector, and the assessment of the water scarcity. Key issues which emerged from the discussion include: the methodological difficulties in comparing bio-based and conventional products; the availability of data; the need to keep research focused on practical applications and increase the interest of industry.

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Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-design Strategies for a Sustainable Production of Bio-based Plastics

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Indicators of Consumers’ Preferences for Bio-Based Apparel: A German Case Study with a Functional Rain Jacket Made of Bioplastic

Indicators of Consumers’ Preferences for Bio-Based Apparel: A German Case Study with a Functional Rain Jacket Made of Bioplastic

Circular economy-based product substitution design rationale: A case of personal care product

Sustainability of Bio-based Products: Linking Life Cycle Thinking with Standards, Certification and Labelling Schemes

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