Life Cycle Assessment of Polyethylene Terephthalate Packaging: An Overview

Gomes, Thiago Santiago; Visconte, Leila L. Y.; Pacheco, Élen Beatriz Acordi Vasques

doi:10.1007/s10924-019-01375-5

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“…However, plastic packaging materials, especially in the form of flexible configurations, provide environmental advantages and benefits over other materials, especially rigid configurations. For example, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has demonstrated better environmental performance than traditional materials (e.g., aluminum and glass) in terms of consumption of natural resources and emissions [ 4 ]. In another work, it was demonstrated that bag-in-box and aseptic cartons had lower environmental impacts compared to single-use glass bottles for wine for all the impact categories considered by the authors, such as global warming potential, water consumption, and land use [ 5 ].…”

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Influence of Two Innovative Packaging Materials on Quality Parameters and Aromatic Fingerprint of Extra-Virgin Olive Oils

Farris

Buratti

Benedetti

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Foods

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The performance of two innovative packaging materials was investigated on two Sardinian extra-virgin olive oils (Nera di Gonnos and Bosana). In particular, a transparent plastic film loaded with a UV-blocker (packaging B) and a metallized material (packaging C) were compared each other and to brown-amber glass (packaging A). During accelerated shelf-life tests at 40 and 60 °C, the evolution of quality parameters (i.e., acidity, peroxide value, K270, and phenolic content) was monitored, together with the aromatic fingerprint evaluated by electronic nose. Packaging B resulted in the best-performing material in protecting oil from oxidation, due to its lower oxygen transmission rate (0.1 ± 0.02 cm3/m2 24 h) compared to packaging C (0.23 ± 0.04 cm3/m2 24 h). At the end of storage, phenolic reduction was on average 25% for packaging B and 58% for packaging C, and the aromatic fingerprint was better preserved in packaging B. In addition, other factors such as the sanitary status of the olives at harvesting and the storage temperature were demonstrated to have a significant role in the shelf life of packaged extra-virgin olive oil.

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Influence of Two Innovative Packaging Materials on Quality Parameters and Aromatic Fingerprint of Extra-Virgin Olive Oils

Farris

Buratti

Benedetti

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…Among the series of synthetic polymers present in the plastic market and especially in the food-packaging field, one of the most used is PET, with a global production of 30.3 × 10 6 tons in 2017 [ 38 ], and consequently the most present one in plastics urban waste, followed by PE and PP. Its performance, characteristics and environmental impact were compared with biodegradable polymers coming from renewable resources.…”

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Life-Cycle Assessment in the Polymeric Sector: A Comprehensive Review of Application Experiences on the Italian Scale

2020

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In recent years, a growing media campaign has demonized the use of plastic tout court, as solely responsible for environmental problems. Behind what is now vulgarly called plastic there are actually many applications and uses without which our daily life would be greatly penalized in the most common and routine actions. Our belief, in the role of researchers who have made polymers and their derivatives their main research object, is that sustainable use of polymeric materials is not only possible but is above all necessary. For this reason, in this review which is part of the Special Issue “State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Italy”, we offer a rundown of life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies on polymers used in the most important production and commercial sectors carried out in the last few years by Italians researchers.

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“…Recycling non-degradable plastics significantly reduces this waste environmental damage by reducing the accumulation in the environment and reducing the need for oil mining (Bataineh 2020a). Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an objective process for assessing the environmental effects associated with certain products, processes, or activities that are performed in the process of recycling PET waste, and shows the recycling results in a significant reduction in biological impact, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and fossil fuel consumption, and eventually, compared with other PET disposal schemes (Saleh 2016;Zhang and Wen 2014;Nakatani et al 2010;Gomes et al 2019). High recycling rates lead to high net environmental benefits, so the use of PET waste to product manufacture is increasing that social and environmental values have led to this growth (Foolmaun and Ramjeeawon 2013;Zhang et al 2020).…”

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Recent Studies on Recycled PET Fibers: Production and Applications: a Review

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Increasing demand for non-biodegradable plastics undesirably leads to their accumulation and calls for an appropriate solution for this global crisis. Environmental impacts of PET waste have long been addressed; although some remedies have been proposed, their extensive use in the modern world use demands new studies and recycling techniques. It shows the inadequacy of previous solutions to eliminate this environmental problem. Therefore, researching this subject should not be considered an insignificant issue. Distinctively, this review article has a specific reliance on the use of recycled PET fibers in the production of high-consumption and value-added products that, in addition to considering environmental aspects, can also be attractive to the market. This article deals with recent studies in three product categories (concrete, nonwoven fabrics, yarns) made from recycled PET fibers and shows the high potential of PET fibers for the future industry.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Polyethylene Terephthalate Packaging: An Overview

Cited by 73 publications

References 79 publications

Influence of Two Innovative Packaging Materials on Quality Parameters and Aromatic Fingerprint of Extra-Virgin Olive Oils

Influence of Two Innovative Packaging Materials on Quality Parameters and Aromatic Fingerprint of Extra-Virgin Olive Oils

Life-Cycle Assessment in the Polymeric Sector: A Comprehensive Review of Application Experiences on the Italian Scale

Recent Studies on Recycled PET Fibers: Production and Applications: a Review

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