Life cycle impact assessment of bio-based plastics from sugarcane ethanol

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-127

  Tsiropoulos, I ^a   Faaij, A P C ^b   Lundquist, L ^c   Schenker, U ^c   Briois, J F ^d   Patel, M K ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d PTC Water   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bio based plastics; Bio based polyethylene; Ethanol; Life cycle assessment; Partially bio based polyethylene terephthalate; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELASTOMERS; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PESTICIDES; PETROCHEMICALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTICS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SUGAR CANE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES; BIO-BASED; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84923017033     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.071     Document Type: Article

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