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Plastic waste management in the context of a European recycling society: Comparing results and uncertainties in a life cycle perspective
David Lazarevic,David Lazarevic,David Lazarevic,Emmanuelle Aoustin,Nicolas Buclet,Nils Brandt +5 more
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A number of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have been undertaken within the last 15 years comparing end-of-life treatment options for post-consumer plastic waste, including techniques such as:...Abstract:
A number of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have been undertaken within the last 15 years comparing end-of-life treatment options for post-consumer plastic waste, including techniques such as: ...read more
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A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems
TL;DR: In this paper, un estudio en donde se proporciona una revision extensa de la literatura de las two ultimas decadas, con el proposito de captar las principales caracteristicas y perspectivas of la CE (Economia circular): origenes, principios basicos, ventajas and desventajas, Modelado e implementacion of CE in los diferentes niveles (micro, meso, and macro) in todo el world.
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Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems--part I: lessons learned and perspectives.
Alexis Laurent,Ioannis Bakas,Julie Clavreul,Anna Bernstad,Monia Niero,Emmanuel Gentil,Michael Zwicky Hauschild,Thomas Højlund Christensen +7 more
TL;DR: A critical review of 222 published LCA studies of SWMS found that there is little agreement in the conclusions among them and recommend stakeholders in solid waste management to regard LCA as a tool, which allows identifying critical problems and proposing improvement options adapted to the local specificities.
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Strategies to reduce the global carbon footprint of plastics
Jiajia Zheng,Sangwon Suh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compile a dataset covering ten conventional and five bio-based plastics and their life-cycle GHG emissions under various mitigation strategies and demonstrate the need for integrating energy, materials, recycling, and demand management strategies to curb growing life cycle emissions from plastics.
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From waste plastics to industrial raw materials: A life cycle assessment of mechanical plastic recycling practice based on a real-world case study.
TL;DR: The results of life cycle assessments show that the extrusion process has the largest environmental impacts, followed by the use of fillers and additives, which account for the most significant contributions to the environmental impacts of recycled composites.
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Pyrolysis of waste materials using TGA-MS and TGA-FTIR as complementary characterisation techniques
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the volatile species evolved by thermal degradation (TGA) and the subsequent characterisation by the MS and FTIR spectra was performed using a model based on first-order reactions with a distribution of the activation energies.
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Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers:
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The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines
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Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment: Operational Guide to the ISO Standards
TL;DR: The Guide to LCA is a guide to the management of LCA projects: procedures and guiding principles for the present Guide, which aims to clarify goal and scope definition, impact assessment, and interpretation.
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Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications
Gerald Rebitzer,Tomas Ekvall,Rolf Frischknecht,D Hunkeler,Gregory A. Norris,Tomas Rydberg,W-P Schmidt,Sangwon Suh,Bo Pedersen Weidema,David Pennington +9 more
TL;DR: The LCA framework and procedure is introduced, how to define and model a product's life cycle is outlined, and an overview of available methods and tools for tabulating and compiling associated emissions and resource consumption data in a life cycle inventory (LCI) is provided.