Sustainability and innovation in the Brazilian supply chain of green plastic

Mores, Giana de Vargas; Finocchio, Caroline Pauletto Spanhol; Barichello, Rodrigo; Pedrozo, Eugênio Ávila

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.138

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“…In the case of plastic products, the EPR could stimulate also the circular bio-based economy. Bio-based plastics are already offering true potential in all of the three pillars of sustainability (Spierling et al, 2018;de Vargas Mores et al, 2018). The new development of sustainable and biodegradable materials, such as lignocellulose, offers firms viable ways to replace petroleum-based plastics in their production and packing materials.…”

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“…Also, renewable or bio based resources such as plant proteins, plant oil or carbohydrates e.g. cellulose, starch, lignin and many others, can be used for plastic production (de Vargas Mores et al, 2018). Another alternative to fossil-based plastics production is deriving the key plastic building blocks, hydrogen and carbon from electricity.…”

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An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe

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“…Several studies have proposed sustainable supply chain management frameworks (see Chardine-Baumann and Botta-Genoulaz 2014; Fabbe-Costes et al 2014;Esfahbodi, Zhang, and Watson 2016;Gopal and Thakkar 2016;Ansari and Kant 2017;Dubey et al 2017;Genovese et al 2017;Paulraj, Chen, and Blome 2017;Sauer and Seuring 2017;Li and Mathiyazhagan 2018;Mathivathanan, Kannan, and Haq 2018) and have emphasised the importance of sustainable innovation in SSCM (Hall 2001;Verghese and Lewis 2007;Isaksson, Johansson, and Fischer 2010;Boons et al 2013;Zailani et al 2015;Costantini et al 2017;Gao et al 2017;Gupta and Barua 2017;de Vargas Mores et al 2018). No studies have specifically attempted to develop sustainable innovation implementation criteria for sustainable supply chains nor have investigated these criteria within an industrial setting.…”

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A supply chain sustainability innovation framework and evaluation methodology

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2018

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Sustainability is hinged on innovation. The importance of sustainable innovation management in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) cannot be underestimated. Studies on SSCM have emphasised the need for sustainable innovation in achieving sustainability but none provide deep insights into sustainable innovation management in SSCM implementation. This lack of research depth stimulates this study to identify and investigate criteria for sustainable supply chain management innovation advancement. This paper proposes a sustainable innovation criteria framework for investigating sustainable supply chains in manufacturing companies. To exemplify the applicability and efficiency of the proposed framework, a sample of five Indian manufacturing companies are used to evaluate and prioritise the sustainable innovation management criteria, using the 'best-worst' multi-criteria decision-making (BW-MCDM) model. The criteria weights for all companies from BWM are aggregated, averaged and used for ranking. The respondent managers viewed 'financial availability for innovation' as the most important sustainable innovation sub-criteria. The results of the study will inform industrial managers, practitioners and decision-makers on which criteria to focus on during the implementation stage, to increase sustainability in manufacturing supply chains, and further advance corporate and supply chain sustainable development. The framework may also serve as a theoretical construct for a future empirical study on sustainable supply chain innovation in the manufacturing sector. This paper sets the stage for further research in sustainable innovation practices in the manufacturing sector and its supply chains.

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“…The use of these "green" polymers, such as biopolyethylene (Bio-PE), produced from ethanol derived from sugarcane, although not biodegradable, maintains the neutral balance of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in nature. The CO 2 captured from the atmosphere by biomass, when released to the atmosphere by combustion, is captured again by sugarcane by the process of photosynthesis in the next harvest (Brito et al, 2012;Braskem, 2015;Mores et al, 2018).…”

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Toughening of bio-PE upon addition of PCL and PEgAA

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Researches of polymer blends based on biological and biodegradable polymers appear as a viable alternative to develop environmentally friendly materials. Therefore, the aim of this research was to produce compounds made with biological polyethylene, i.e., Biopolyethylene, Bio-PE, added to the biodegradable Polycaprolactone (PCL) and functionalized by the copolymer of polyethylene grafted with acrylic acid (PEgAA), to obtain better mechanical properties and toughen Bio-PE. Compounds were processed in a co-rotating twin screw extruder and sample tests were injection molded. The compositions investigated were: Bio-PE/PCL at 90/10, 80/20 and 70/30 wt.% without compatibilizer and upon addition of 10 phr (parts per hundred of resin) of PEgAA. The blends were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), impact strength, heat deflection temperature (HDT) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Through XRD, it was observed that addition of PCL and PEgAA did not significantly change Bio-PE diffraction patterns. Impact strength data showed that the blends presented a tougher behavior upon addition of PCL and PEgAA. The HDT of compatibilized blend with 20wt.% of PCL was slightly higher. SEM images of compatibilized blends showed lower average particle diameters as well as absence of coalescence and aggregates.

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Sustainability and innovation in the Brazilian supply chain of green plastic

Cited by 67 publications

References 39 publications

An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe

An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe

A supply chain sustainability innovation framework and evaluation methodology

Toughening of bio-PE upon addition of PCL and PEgAA

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