Life Cycle assessment of a plastic packaging recycling system

Arena, Umberto; Mastellone, Maria Laura; Perugini, Floriana

doi:10.1007/bf02978432

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“…Since there is no PET recycling process in the GaBi ® Database, inventory data from two different PET recycling processes found in the literature were used [36,37]. Data from Arena et al [37] were used in the study, and sensitivity analysis was performed with Perugini et al [36] data in order to analyse their influence on the final results. Tables S1 and S2 in Supplementary Material (SM) include the data that was used.…”

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“…In this case, a scenario using a different PET recycling method has been proposed because, as mentioned before, two different sources for PET recycling data have been found in the reference literature. Data from Arena et al [37] (Table S2) have been used in this study and data from Perugini et al [36] (Table S1) have been used in the new scenario to determine if this assumption has great influence on the final results and conclusions. The data indicate that for Arena et al [37], 1.76 kg of waste PET are necessary for obtaining 1 kg of recycled PET, while for Perugini et al [36], 2.36 kg of waste material are needed for obtaining 1 kg of recycled PET.…”

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Application of Eco-Design and Life Cycle Assessment Standards for Environmental Impact Reduction of an Industrial Product

2017

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Eco-design is included within the framework of the standard for "Environmental management systems-Guidelines for incorporating Eco-design" (ISO 14006:2011). Eco-design process, as defined in standard, has six steps: (i) Specify product functions; (ii) Environmental assessment of products; (iii) Strategies of improvement; (iv) Environmental objectives; (v) Product specification; and (vi) Technical solutions.Step (ii), determination of the stage or process of the product life cycle that has the highest environmental impact; this is perhaps the most controversial step because the standard does not specify which tool should be used. This lack of specification has generated some distrust with regard to eco-design, hindering its development. In order to make a trustworthy eco-design, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) should be applied as a tool for environmental impact quantification. The main objective of this work is to apply standardised eco-design methodology for the reduction of the environmental impact of an industrial product in Spain using LCA as a tool for the environmental product assessment. LCA standardised process (ISO 14040,14044:2006) is included in the eco-design process. A glass container intended for cough syrup delivery has been selected as an industrial product to be eco-designed. Following the methodology described, the overall normalised impact decreased 35.1% when a PET container substituted a glass container. Environmental impacts have been reduced following standardised eco-design and LCA methodologies, serving as an example to industry and administration regarding how to eco-design with the confidence of obtaining reliable results.

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Section: Environmental Objectives Product Specification and Technicmentioning

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Application of Eco-Design and Life Cycle Assessment Standards for Environmental Impact Reduction of an Industrial Product

2017

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“…The result showed that recycling HHW is the best scenario based on the LCA approach. Another study conducted by Arena et al [5] defined through the analytical comparison between the six scenarios showed that the recycling option always environmentally preferable. Another study from Perugini et al [6] confirmed that recycling scenarios are always preferable to those of non-recycling.…”

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Integrated Index in Consideration of Appropriate Plastic Recycling System in Waste Bank Operation

2016

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Abstract. Several appropriate technology had been developed to maintain plastic waste in society according to minimize environmental impact. Landfill is no longer appropriate to maintain plastic waste based on the environmental impact that might be occurred for instance. However in developing countries such as Indonesia, although plastic recycling technology have been promoted by maintain waste bank policy for support community willingness to exchange their recyclable waste with certain monetary values, there is no guarantee that community will fully accept plastic recycling technology. This research aims to assess the performance of plastic recycling in environmental and social aspects as its integrated index. From that assessment, appropriate strategies in plastic recycling will be delivered in this research. Environmental aspects will be assessed by using life cycle assessment (LCA) through MiLCA software and selected by using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Social aspects will be analyzed by using qualitative and quantitative methodology such as observation, interview, secondary data, and questionnaires. Simulation and modelling will also developed by using agent-based modelling (ABM) to describe social dynamic of community in supporting waste bank policy. The appropriate system of plastic recycling will be promoted as expected results for this research.

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“…The LCI of the primary production and recycling of materials was obtained from Ecoinvent 2.2 (2007) database and the relevant literature [1,25]. The reference flow was one tonne of different packaging waste materials transported and recycled.…”

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Life cycle assessment and valuation of the packaging waste recycling system in Belgium

Ferreira¹,

Cabral²,

Jaeger

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J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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This study analyses the packaging waste management system in Belgium. Waste management operations involve a significant number of processes associated with energy consumption and emission of pollutants to air and water. In order to assess the impact to the environment of the several waste management operations, a Life Cycle Assessment was developed. The operations of selective and refuse collection, sorting, recycling and incineration of packaging waste were considered. A comparison between two scenarios was developed. The first scenario comprised the packaging waste management system in operation in 2010. This system comprises the waste management operations that envisage the recycling of the packaging materials. The second scenario was developed based on the hypothesis that there was no recycling system and all packaging waste would be collected in the refuse collection system. An environmental valuation was performed to convert the environmental results into a common unit (EUR). In order to accomplish this valuation, three methods were used: Ecocost, Ecovalue and Stepwise. These methods were developed in Europe and follow different methodologies. The environmental results were compared using the three methods and they were consistent with the conclusion that the recycling scenario (i.e. the 2010 situation) is more environmentally sound.

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Life Cycle assessment of a plastic packaging recycling system

Cited by 226 publications

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Application of Eco-Design and Life Cycle Assessment Standards for Environmental Impact Reduction of an Industrial Product

Application of Eco-Design and Life Cycle Assessment Standards for Environmental Impact Reduction of an Industrial Product

Integrated Index in Consideration of Appropriate Plastic Recycling System in Waste Bank Operation

Life cycle assessment and valuation of the packaging waste recycling system in Belgium

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