From waste plastics to industrial raw materials: A life cycle assessment of mechanical plastic recycling practice based on a real-world case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 601-602, Issue , 2017, Pages 1192-1207

  Gu, Fu ^a   Guo, Jianfeng ^b   Zhang, Wujie ^c   Summers, Peter A ^a   Hall, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Science   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Mechanical recycling; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Substitution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRUSION; FILLERS; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS; WASTE ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

FILLER; PLASTIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 85020312677     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.278     Document Type: Article

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