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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

Impact assessment

Incineration with energy
recovery Landfill Recycling
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq) ‐3,95 3,94E‐ 02 ‐20,78
Climate change (kg CO 2  eq) 1715 6,44 ‐1742,3
Cumulative energy demand (MJ)* ‐ 11696 106 ‐ 54082
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq) 0,65 0,0126 ‐1,34
Acidification (kg SO2 eq) ‐0,78 0,0433 ‐24,28
Photochemical oxidation (kg ethylene eq) 4,27 0,06 ‐10,62
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11  eq)
Human toxicity (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐19,3 0,51 ‐408,27
Ecotoxicity in water (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐13,46 0,0902 ‐3,29
Exoctoxicity in sediments (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐30,7 0,201 ‐5,7
Ecotoxicity in soil (kg 1,4‐DB eq) 15,24 0,00391 ‐10,8

• the energy demand in this study corresponds to the consumption of non‐renewable resources
  Indicator not included

Functional unit  1000  kg of material

1[PET]

Methodology CML  2002

Included stages disposal stage only