A complete life cycle assessment of high density polyethylene plastic bottle

2nd International Conference on Energy Materials and Applications

材料科学;能源学

Treenate, P.^1 ; Limphitakphong, N.^2 ; Chavalparit, O.^1,2

Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

10330, Thailand^1

Research Unit of Environmental Management and Sustainable Industry, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

10330, Thailand^2

关键词: Environmental performance;    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA);    Lubricant oil;    Mineral extraction;    Pre-processing;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/222/1/012010/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/222/1/012010

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study was aimed to determine environmental performances of a lubricant oil bottle made from high density polyethylene and to develop potential measures for reducing its impacts. A complete life cycle assessment was carried out to understand a whole effect on the environment from acquiring, processing, using, and disposing the product. Two scenarios of disposal phase; recycle and incineration: were examined to quantify a lesser degree on environmental impact. The results illustrated that major impacts of the two scenarios were at the same categories with the highest contributor of raw material acquisition and pre-processing. However, all impacts in case of recycling provided a lower point than that in case of incineration, except mineral extraction. Finally, feasible measures for reducing the environmental impact of high density polyethylene plastic bottle were proposed in accordance with 3Rs concept.