Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Depletion of natural resources In this impact category the situation is more complex, as the treatment options are more similar ...

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Energy demand In all cases in this impact category, landfill is the worst option. The reduced energy recovery compared to incine ...

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Water consumption The total water use was only examined by studies no 1 and 3 and they both display a clear preference for recyc ...

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Other indicators Acidification From the table below, it is evident that, for those studies that present results on acidification ...

Key parameters There are many parameters and assumptions that affect the outcome of the LCAs in question. Moreover, those parame ...

level of technology applied on the landfill. The more efficient the biogas recovery, the better the results for landfill compare ...

Table 22 Influence of the carbon sequestration on the environmental assessment of recycling regarding climate change Recycling^ ...

Therefore, the isolated results for each of the three treatment options could be further summarised across studies by taking int ...

credited the system for this function, while two others examined the issue in detail. In the new analysis, only one study addres ...

3.3 Plastics 3.3.1 Presentation According to the Association of European Plastics Manufacturers (APME, now called PlasticsEurope ...

It can be seen from this table that the LCAs analyzed covered a variety of countries. 6 out of the 8 studies have been published ...

refers to a change in the chemical structure of the material, where the resulting chemicals can be used to manufacture a range o ...

Study no 1 In study no 1, recycling, landfill and incineration with energy recovery are compared for PE and PET. For depletion o ...

Study no 5 This study consists of an LCA of two treatment options for plastics wastes from discarded TV sets. All steps starting ...

Table 26 Ranking of end-of-life options within each scenario for plastics (to be continued) Case Recycling Incineration with ene ...

Case Recycling Incineration with energy recovery Landfill Pyrolysis 1[PE] +++ ++ + 1[PET] +++ ++ + 2[MIX1] ++ ++ + +++ 2[MIX2] + ...