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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? / / /
Type of recycling / / recycling,Mechanical open^ and and^ chemicalclosed‐loop^
In which ratio does recycled material substitute
virgin material? //1
General

Technology cogenerationefficiency^ 1/2^ humid^ 32%^ captation of 50% of the biogas

‐regeneration
‐ recycling in resin
‐ recycling in filling material
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^ /PET fibres, PET resin, PET
Material substitutes No No No
Carbon sequestration issue taken into account? / / /
Waste characteristics
Heating value 22  MJ/kg / /
Time period and degradation rate / 100  years ‐ 0% degardation /
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)?

/No/
Landfill
Methane emissions included? / Yes /

1[PET]

Material
production

Material
recovery

Material
disposal
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