The environmental effect of reusing and recycling a plastic-based packaging system
The environmental effect of reusing and recycling a plastic-based packaging system
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DOI：
10.1016/s0959-6526(02)00089-6
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Evans, D
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作者：
Ross, S;Evans, D
澳大利亚的这项研究提出了生命周期评估（LCA）的结果，该评估研究了塑料包装的再利用和回收策略是否会大幅减少垃圾填埋量，也会减少整体环境负担。对每一包装物使用寿命期间的资源和环境影响进行了评估，包括化石燃料消耗、温室气体排放和光化学氧化剂前体。结果表明，塑料产品的回收和再利用策略可以产生显着的环境效益。该研究还包括一些有趣的发现，关于运输和建筑能源的相对贡献，以及调整影响评估结果的潜在好处，以考虑到一些环境影响的重要性的空间变化。(C)2002爱思唯尔科技有限公司。保留所有权利。
This Australian study presents the findings of a life-cycle assessment (LCA) that examined whether a re-use and recycle strategy for a plastic-based packaging that substantially reduces the quantity of waste to landfill would also reduce the overall environmental burden. The resources and environmental effects assessed over the life of each of the packagings included fossil fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and photochemical oxidant precursors. The results demonstrate that recycle and reuse strategies for plastic-based products can yield significant environmental benefits. The study also includes some interesting findings regarding the relative contributions of transportation and construction energy, and the potential benefits of adjusting the impact assessment results to take into account the spatial variation in the significance of some environmental effects. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.