Appendix 3 Summary of key elements from the studies on plastics.................................................
from the studies on plastics
Plastics‐ n°1
Title Bilan^ environnemental^ de^ filières^ de^ traitement^ de^
plastiques de différentes origines
Year 2006
Author Bio Intelligence Service
Case
Material composition
Sub‐scenario Incinerationrecover^ withy^ energy^ Landfill Recycling
Virgin material
Material marginal: which? / / /
Electricity marginal: which? / / /
Steam marginal: which? / / /
Co‐products dealt with? / / /
Recovered material
Material marginal: which? / / /
Electricity marginal: which? / / /
Steam marginal: which? / / /
Co‐products dealt with? / / /
Material recovery included? / / Yes
Type of recycling / / Mechanical^ recycling,loop^ closed‐
In which ratio does recycled material substitute
virgin material? //1
General
Technology cogenerationefficiency^ 1/2^ humid^ 32%^ captation of 50% of the biogas grinding and granulation
Infrastructures taken into account? Yes Yes Yes
Transport included? not^ the^ transportcollection^ for^ waste^ not^ the^ transportcollection^ for^ waste^ not^ the^ transportcollection^ for^ waste^
Energy production Yes Yes No
Produced energy substitutes electricity? average France 2000 average France 2000 /
Produced energy substitutes steam? 37,5% gas, 30,2% coal, 32,3% oil No /
Avoided processes ‐ credits productionand embankment^ of^ steel,^ aluminium^ /production of virgin HDPE
Material substitutes No No No
Carbon sequestration issue taken into account? / / /
Waste characteristics
Heating value 18 MJ/kg / /
Time period and degradation rate / 100 years ‐ 0% degradation /
Incineration
Alternative use of incineration capacity included? No inf. / /
Composting
Compost spreading for composting taken into
account? ///
Compost leaching after spreading taken into
account? ///
Reference to EN 13432:2000 (Requirements for
Packaging Recoverable Through Composting and
Biodegradation)?
///
Landfill
Methane emissions included? / Yes /
1[PE]
100% HDPE
Material
production
Material
recovery
Material
disposal
