Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Evaluating and Comparing Different Treatment Options for Plastic Wastes from Old Television Sets

Data Science Journal

T. Furuyama¹  G. Dodbiba²  T. Fujita²  J. Sadaki²  K. Takahashi² 

[1]Department of Earth Resource Engineering, Kyushu University

[2]Department of Geosystem Engineering, The University of Tokyo

关键词: Life cycle assessment (LCA);    Plastic wastes;    Mechanical recycling;    Energy recovery;    Separation;   

DOI  :  10.2481/dsj.6.S39

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Ubiquity Press Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

References(11)In the present work, energy recovery andmechanical recycling, two treatment options for plastic wastes from discarded television sets, have been assessed and compared in the context of the life cycle assessment methodology (LCA). The environmental impact of each option was assessed by calculating the depletion of abiotic resources (ADP) and the global warming potential (GWP). Then, the indicators were compared, and the option with the smaller environmental impact was selected. The main finding of this study was that mechanical recycling of plastics is a more attractive treatment option in environmental terms than incineration for energy recovery.

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