Paper & card ‐ n°1
Title Environmental^ Assessment^ of^ Paper^ Waste^
Management Options by Means of LCA Methodology
Year 2004
Author Arena et al
Impact assessment
Landfill Recycling Incineration
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)
Climate change (kg CO 2 eq) ‐ 208 620 ‐ 1160
Cumulative enerhy demand (MJ/t) 16318 9232 5415
Water consumption (kg/t)^51534819751586
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)
Acidification (kg SO2 eq) 18,51 6,92 7,878
Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq)
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11 eq)
Toxicity (kg 1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)
Waste (kg/t) ~1380 ~115 ~250Indicator not included1[PB]disposal stage only
the management of sufficient postconsumer
waste, 1.17 t of paper and board packaging waste
collected as a single material stream (with a moisture
content of 15%), to produce 1 t of paper and board for
packaging (with a moisture content of 7%).Methodology Specific methodology