LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) of EVP – engineering veneer product: plywood glued using a vacuum moulding technology from green veneers

Pommier, Régis; Grimaud, Guilhem; Prinçaud, Marion; Perry, Nicolás; Sonnemann, Guido

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.130

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“…Although the LCA tool is primarily an assessment tool, it is also intended to support an eco-design approach. Using LCA results to improve the environmental performances give good results to industrial processes (Pommier et al, 2016). In this section, we focus on the optimisation option to reduce the environmental impacts of the scenario Fig.…”

Section: Recycling Process Optimisation Using Lca Resultsmentioning

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Aluminium cables recycling process: Environmental impacts identification and reduction

Grimaud

Perry

Laratte

2018

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Life cycle impact of European generic primary and secondary aluminium are well defined. However specific endof-Life scenario for aluminium products are not available in the literature. In this study, the environmental assessment of cable recycling pathway is examined using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The data comes from a recycling plant (MTB Recycling) in France. MTB Recycling process relies only on mechanical separation and optical sorting steps on shredder cables to obtain a high purity aluminium (above 99.6%). The life cycle assessment results confirm the huge environmental benefits for aluminium recycled in comparison with primary aluminium. In addition, our study demonstrates the gains of product centric recycling pathways for cables. The mechanical separation is a relevant alternative to metal smelting recycling. This work was done firstly to document specific environmental impact of the MTB Recycling processes in comparison with traditional aluminium recycling smelting. Secondly, to provide an environmental overview of the process steps in order to reduce the environmental impact of this recycling pathway. The identified environmental hotspots from the LCA for the MTB recycling pathway provide help for designers to carry on reducing the environmental impact.

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Section: Recycling Process Optimisation Using Lca Resultsmentioning

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“…Moreover, optimising recycling pathway systems are long and demand powerful assessment tools such as Material Flow Analysis (MFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (Grimaud et al, 2016;Peças et al, 2016;Pommier et al, 2016). The first limitation concerning the results acquisition which are obtained once the industrial solution is implemented.…”

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Aluminium cables recycling process: Environmental impacts identification and reduction

Grimaud

Perry

Laratte

2018

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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“…On a case-by-case basis, solutions are possible, but the right technologies adapted to each product remain to be defined. Moreover, optimizing recycling pathway systems is long and demands powerful assessment tools such as Mass flow analysis (MFA), LCC and LCA [35,42,43]. The first limit of this approach, results are obtained after entry into service of processes, the investment is already made.…”

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“…Using LCA gives good results to improve the environmental performances of industrial processes [35]. Beyond the LCA results, MTB has been able to identify ways to improve the recycling pathway.…”

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To transport waste or transport recycling plant: Insights from life-cycle analysis

Grimaud

Laratte

2017

Matériaux & Techniques

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The purpose of this study is to determine the environmental and economic balance between a collection of waste requiring the transport to a centralized recycling plant versus the displacement of a recycling plant near the waste production's location. Two systems are compared in the study with economic and environmental Life cycle analysis (LCC and LCA) tools. The first one considers a centralized recycling plant that gathers batch of cables from different locations in Europe. The second scenario considers a transportable recycling plant, the Cablebox (designed by MTB Manufacturing), which is regularly carried to be close to the waste deposit to recycle waste cables. On the one hand, the study demonstrates huge environmental benefits for transportable recycling plants in comparison with the centralized system. The overall environmental impact is halved on the climate change indicator. On the other hand, the results show the economic advantages of such solution. The treatment cost per ton of recycling is reduced by 5 to 8%. Transportable recycling solutions seem to be a good answer to solve End-of-Life logistic issues, both from an economic and an environmental point of view.

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“…Nevertheless, they are susceptible to induce future failure [1]. To provide solutions, several works have developed products glued at the green state [2,3], and in particular plywood panels using different technologies [4][5][6][7]. At the industrial level, this technique may allow some energy savings and reduce the degradation of the material integrity of veneers during handling.…”

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Analysis of drying stresses in green-glued plywood of Bete (Mansonia Altissima) specie

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The wood veneer dried artificially before gluing for the manufacture of plywood generally suffers several damages (cracks, deformations), decreasing the competitiveness of the process and limiting the use of nervous species of wood. The proposed solution is to glue them at the green state. However, during the drying process, superficial and internal cracks are observed. These cracks appear when stresses due to the anisotropic shrinkage of the plywood exceed the mechanical strength of the wood material. In the present study, the response of a 3-ply plywood of Bete (Mansonia altissima) glued at the green state is simulated in order to evaluate these stresses and deformations during drying using a finite element method program. The numerical results and associated experimental data make it possible to better analyze and understand the mechanical behavior of the plywood during drying in order to look for reliable plywood through new process.

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LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) of EVP – engineering veneer product: plywood glued using a vacuum moulding technology from green veneers

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Aluminium cables recycling process: Environmental impacts identification and reduction

Aluminium cables recycling process: Environmental impacts identification and reduction

To transport waste or transport recycling plant: Insights from life-cycle analysis

Analysis of drying stresses in green-glued plywood of Bete (Mansonia Altissima) specie

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